Running head: TECHNOLOGY AND ITS SOCIAL INFLUENCE 1
Technology and its Social Influence
Molly Collins (Wedemeyer)
PSYC3520
u09a1 Social Psychology Application
Capella University
September, 2016
TECHNOLOGY AND ITS SOCIAL INFLUENCE 2
Abstract
Technology is an everyday life factor that has proven to have positive influence on our
well-being and health. Some researchers have argued that technology hinders our ability to
properly interact with others (Tkhostov, Emelin, Rasskazova, 2014), while others have argued
that technology helps us to embrace the human experience (Lampen 2016). There has also been