There is no question that social media has had an effect on our society and culture, in particular on our social lives. Our social networks are no longer limited to the people we meet face to face.

Yet there was no stopping the real Internet, and by the mid-1990s it was moving full bore. Yahoo had just set up shop, Amazon had just begun selling books, and the race to get a PC in every household ...

In the dynamic landscape of modern society, the utilization of social media platforms is surging at an unprecedented rate. Recent studies reveal staggering statistics: a record-breaking 4.9 billion ...