Many people try to avoid responsibility. This is demonstrated by choosing an opinion or forming trust in certain information. Today, there is a large amount of false information on the Internet, the appearance of which is due to the personal "guesses" of the authors or deliberate falsification. At the same time, Internet users tend to trust public figures. It is very important to have critical thinking here. A group of psychologists from the USA, Great Britain, France, and the UAE conducted studies that showed a high level of trust in virtual experts and media personalities. As a result, people spread false information without even realizing it. How often have you found out that previously received information was fake?
At the same time, fraudulent activities take place on the Internet, for which the Internet audience is not always prepared. There is also difficulty in identifying the perpetrators.
Often, posts on social networks shareholder database lead to the formation of envy in users. By posting the best, and sometimes embellished, photos, account owners create the illusion of success and an ideal life in others. Looking at beautiful resort landscapes, expensive restaurants and cars, some social network users come to the conclusion that their own lives are a failure. As a result, they lose their perception of simple life joys and apathy develops.
Today, the existence of such a psychological disease as Internet addiction has already been proven. The desire to constantly stay up to date and receive new information turns into a kind of drug addiction. A person begins to devote all his free time to satisfying the need for information, without bothering to analyze it. It is no coincidence that short videos from TikTok or Youtube Shorts, simple posts, feeds of photos, news and unpretentious humor have become very popular.
Problems of Internet communications
The human need to be loved is often satisfied in social networks, which has become another form of addiction. Such people are literally obsessed with the number of likes and positive comments. Almost all social networks promote self-admiration. Psychologists talk about the seriousness of this problem, since online communications are displacing real communication with friends and family. What causes the formation of a feeling of false satisfaction?
Researchers from the University of Georgia have found out that during online communications, users often experience emotions similar to feelings towards loved ones, towards those whom they know only through online communication. As a result, an illusory feeling of a stable connection and support from "understanding online friends" is formed. This negatively affects the processes of socialization in real society. If someone from the environment does not agree with the opinion of such a person, he or she may even fall into depression. Often, minors who are accustomed to correspondence on the Internet experience problems in live communica