Increased influence of social networking services in everyday social interactions during the pandemic situation

Mustafovski, Rexhep and Achkoski, Jugoslav and Petrovski, Aleksandar (2022) Increased influence of social networking services in everyday social interactions during the pandemic situation. In: CMiGIN 2022: 2nd International Conference on Conflict Management in Global Information Networks, 30 Nov 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Abstract

After the appearance of the internet people started using it to connect with others in a virtual way in that way that they are engaged without being physically together. These social networking services are altering how people use and interact with the Internet and other people, giving them more opportunities to solve problems, get feedback on their work, learn new things, skills, abilities, and methods to succeed in various fields, as well as stay up to date on the latest global news every minute. Social Networking Services (SNS) are also developing quickly as technology changes and science develops with the new mobile dimensions and features giving the opportunity to the young generation of this century to develop their cognitive and metacognitive skills, and abilities, be in touch with the virtual world, learn new things every time they use them, communicate and meet new friends around the world and also improving the technology skills among them that are crucial in this century for everyone. In the past years, the growth of social networking services is getting globally, and these changes are evident we can say that many countries around the world are in touch with the technology and are following the technology changes and development. The users of these services or the young generation that has access to this kind of service are also called the beta generation giving them the possibility to make the educational process even easier, to learn new things, skills, and languages using different social networking services, staying updated with news and information's from all over the world and many other crucial abilities that are important for their future goals and many other possibilities such as using them during the lockdown that happened around the world where they stayed updated with all the news and information's about the dangerous pandemic situation. In this study we will analyse the use of social networking services before the pandemic situation and during the pandemic situation where the number of users that actively use social networking services increased and they mostly use it to stay up to date with the situation around the world, to learn new things and to use the time properly.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: Social Sciences > Media and communications
Social Sciences > Other social sciences
Divisions: Military Academy
Depositing User: MSc Rexhep Mustafovski
Date Deposited: 09 Sep 2025 08:53
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2025 08:53
URI: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/36343

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