Socially-Oriented Technologies Attractability Influence on Individuals Academically and Neurologically

Abstract

Socially-Oriented Technologies (SOTs) has taken the world by storm. People from all generations, professions, personal, and academic backgrounds gravitate to social and information communication technologies (ICTs). These SOTs are used as a source of increasing social wealth, educational level, professional careers, and self. Not only that, SOTs have allowed diverse individuals and groups to unite and connect, hence removing geographical and travel constraints, while systematically and simultaneously alleviating ill-psychological feelings, those related to stress, anxiety, and loneliness. Harbouring a sense of belongingness and connectedness has also been linked to SOTs and ICTs usage. Research has pointed out how ICTs and other social infrastructures can both be advantageous and harmful. They can also be compulsory. This article highlights some benefits and challenges related to ICTs and SOTs, human gravitation, education integrations, acceptance, adoption, attractability, and usability. It also shows that even though individuals use SOTs and ICTs for the sake of social enrichment and personal gain, personally and intellectually, excessive use can affect the same person physically, psychologically, and neurologically. The Social Penetration Theory (SPT) is used to determine the nature of socialization and self-disclosure to sustain interpersonal connections with familiar and strange others in a technology-based social setting and technology-driven world. Implications are also addressed. Although there is no distinctive header, this is the abstract. This submission template allows authors to submit their papers for review to an ACM Conference or Journal without any output design specifications incorporated at this point in the process. The ACM manuscript template is a single column document that allows authors to type their content into the pre-existing set of paragraph formatting styles applied to the sample placeholder text here. Throughout the document you will find further instructions on how to format your text.