Literature Review

Before we start our analysis on our questionnaire, we would like to have a review on the Literature and other researches on the internet nowadays. Generally speaking, the researches are having a negative attitude toward internet’s websites, especially for the SNS (Social Networking Sites). As a research said, the percentage of people using social network sites and e-mail is become higher and higher. A strong majority (85%) of online-connected global citizens in 24 countries use the internet for emails while six in ten (62%) use it for social networking, finds a new poll by global research company Ipsos for Reuters News. One in ten use the internet for connecting with people through voice-over IP (14%).Email is King…but social media is close behind (Ipsos and Reuters, Interconnected World: Communication & Social Networking, Tuesday, March 27 2012). And as Mr. Tom·R·Tyler said: Although there has been a tremendous amount of discussion in the popular press about how the Internet is changing all facets of social life, research on the impact of the Internet is only beginning to emerge. A review of the studies reported in this issue suggests that the Internet may have had less impact on many aspects of social life than is frequently supposed. In many cases, the Internet seems to have created a new way of doing old things, rather than being a technology that changes the manner in which people live their lives. As a consequence, the policy implications of increasing Internet use may be less than is often believed. (Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Tom R. Tyler, Department of Psychology, New York University, 6 Washington Place, Room 550, New York, NY 10003) So, we will conduct a survey to take a research on Internet’s affect on People’s behavior.