How internet communication have changed and impacted the ways in which we relate to world and ourselves and access knowledge?

New social media have become increasingly popular components of our everyday lives in today’s globalizing society. They provide a context where people across the world can communicate, exchange messages, share knowledge, and interact with each other regardless of the distance that separates them. Intercultural adaptation involves the process of promoting understanding through interaction to increase the level of fitness so that the demands of a new cultural environment can be met.

Internet is an important part of our lives because it promotes the interconnectedness and interdependence of our culturally diverse world. Internet for social interaction allows for people to communicate and engage with information that is quickly accessible on the Internet. In today’s society, there is an increasing number of Internet users so new social media has become more popular in daily patterns and routines. The communication that occurs in these online contexts promotes interactive dialogues that build understanding of different points of view. People use internet for many reasons. First, the need for connection and interaction with other people is evident. Internet provides this opportunity where people can communicate with others and belong to different networks via virtual communities In relation to interacting with others online, people use internet to gain knowledge and learn about different opinions perspectives of issues, topics, and events. Most importantly, new social media is used for socializing; it is a form of media that allows people to participate in conversations and online dialogue without being face-to-face with others.

The Internet has become one of the most popular media used by immigrants, where they can electronically communicate with their family and friends in their native countries as well as with the local people in the host countries. In an online environment, the host social communication and the ethnic social communication are important components that can facilitate or impede adaptation Social media has a social, physical, and cultural influence on intercultural adaptation.

-PRINCY CHERIAN