Since the internet became public in the 90’s, many have argued  its value. Some see the internet as a bad thing in which we can relate the theory of mass society to. This theory states that mass media is a result of social changes, including industrialization. Both the nature of social life and the form of social interaction were fundamentally altered for the worse (Hoffswell, 2013). Then there are some that view the internet as a great achievement in technological advances. Mcluhan argued that “technology has been the means of creating a civilized man” (Mcluhan. 1964). That because of technology, we have created a global village. This global village allows us to send and receive information instantly throughout the world. Social media sites have had a great deal of success since the internet became public. Sites like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter have all experienced success through the internet.

            I visited the Facebook website a couple years back and have been a member of its community ever since. Even though I don’t post many things on my Facebook wall, I still like to be able to keep in touch with friends throughout the United States. Facebook allows me the opportunity see what's going on in the lives of my friends and also allows us to share little personal events in our lives with all of our friends. The ability to upload pictures to Facebook for all your friends to see is a feature that I enjoy. I have uploaded countless pictures of my daughter on there for all of my relatives and friends who are out of state to see. I too am able to keep up with their lives and those of their children.

            The internet has definitely created a society that is less keen on personal interaction, but that isn’t completely bad. Change is good and in this case, I believe that social networking sites like the three I mentioned have done more good than harm for our society as a whole.