GEITERA-50 (WEEK 5)

• Utopia


  The idea of having a perfect society in which everyone works well with each other and is happy
• Utopia


  • Too optimistic, Unrealistic, and sort impossibility
• A human mind is more powerful than we credit for
• Utopian ideas may seem naive for some
• Utopian ideas may be a little ahead of our time but it could help in shaping what can be our future
• Emerging technologies


  • Artificial intelligence
  • Augmented reality
  • Virtual reality
  • Universal basic income
  • Blockchain
• The utopian goal was to have a perfect mode of communication and it triumphed
• The utopian justified the dystopian effects and if we learn to control and properly use it, then we could live in a world
• Dystopia


  An imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives
• Internet addiction


  Excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges or behaviors regarding computer use and internet access that lead to impairment or distress
• Internet addiction disorder (IAD)


  Identified as an impulse control disorder but without the involved or illegal drugs
• Types of online addiction

  • Games (sugal)
  • Cybersexual and cyber relationship (obsession in dating app)
  • Social networking
  • Net compulsions (online shopping)
• Signs of internet addiction


  • Gradual increase of time with the use of internet just to feel satisfied
  • The user uses internet to cope with negative feelings and bad mood
  • The user feels anxious, restless, irritable, or moody when they are not able to go online
  • The user loses track of time when online
  • The user chooses to spend most of his or her time using the internet over other significant things in life like work, school, travel, relationship, and other more
  • The user is willing to sacrifice or to lose job, relationship, opportunities to be able to go online
• Causes of internet addiction


  • The user who might be shy in real life may feel secured with the feeling of anonymity when using the internet
  • The user turns to internet use to escape from problems
  • The user uses the virtual world to connect with people to compensate their lack of ability in real life communication
  • The feeling of having a quick access to everything persuade to use the internet
• Effects of internet addiction


  • Family problems
  • Mental health problem
  • Academic difficulty
  • Financial issues (online sabong)
  • Medical problems (pagsobrang use ng gadget)
  • Work complications
  • Unhealthy sleeping habits
  • Social awkward
• How to treat internet addiction


  1. Keep track of your daily internet use

  2. Look for other easy activities that can be used to replace the time of using the internet

  3. Think if reasons why you always end up using the internet too much

  4. If you feel restless when not using the internet, try different relaxation methods to center yourself
• Social isolation


  The state in which a person feels the lack of ability in socializing, the person also feels like he/she does not belong, and he/she also usually fails in creating relationships with others
• Symptoms of social isolation


  • Shame and depression
  • Solitude
  • Social anxiety and fears of abandonment
  • Lack in social contact
  • Relationship on social and professional are limited
  • Loneliness and distress
• Emotional isolation


  A state of unable and unwilling to share emotions with anyone, it occurs due to social isolation and isolated emotionally because of social network
• Solitude, isolation, and loneliness

  • Solitude means being alone
  • Isolation means lack of support in social relationship and emotion
  • Loneliness means longing for social contact
• Social media can cause isolation
• Data smog


  Points out the staggering amount of information and data
• Make use print media occasionally
• Avoid sending or forwarding chain messages or any
• Selective exposure theory


  The tendency of a person within mass media to avoid stumbling upon an information that opposed their current opinion and to search for an information that can strengthen or prove their view
• There are negative and positive sides in using selective exposure in the internet age
• The negative side, readers should not avoid information contradicting their view
• For the positive side, readers should learn
• Political polarization


  Polarization as a state refers to the extent to which opinions on an issue are opposed in relation to some theoretical maximum, and polarization as a process refers to the increase in such opposition over time
• Types of political polarization

  • Elite polarization (polarization within a party)
  • Popular polarization (when the party's views are homogeneous)
• Polarized attitude towards political candidates
• 40% among human population have access to social media
• 3 billion users logging onto social media
• The internet has become a significant aspect when it comes to voting and other political issues
• Utopia


  The idea of having a perfect society in which everyone works well with each other and is happy
• Utopia


  • Too optimistic, Unrealistic, and sort impossibility
• A human mind is more powerful than we credit for
• Utopian ideas may seem naive for some
• Utopian ideas may be a little ahead of our time but it could help in shaping what can be our future
• Jobs that were once performed by human are now being done by machines