EFFECTS OF DIGITALISATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE SOCIETY AND SOCIAL CRITICISM IN THE CONTEXT OF ANDREAS HOCK’S “GÜNTHER HAT SEIN KÄSEBROT FOTOGRAFIERT. 342 FREUNDEN GEFÄLLT DAS: ÜBER DEN SOZIALEN NIEDERGANG DURCH SMARTPHONES UND DIE DIGITALKULTUR”

Abstract

With the developing communication technologies, the majority of the society is withdrawn because of introversion, their daily work is done by electronic android devices, there is no one left to chat, discuss or exchange ideas on a subject, the idea that we will be happier with technology, the shift of attention from “us” to “me” and many more have become an element that threatens today’s society. Effects of social media and digitalization on the society play an important role today. The effects that have been aroused by digital culture and new media applications have been gaining more and more importance in each day on the notion of “society” and have been making itself more and more present in the global world. Internet sites and social media applications are ruling out the obligation of face-to-face interaction. With the increase and propagation of the usage of internet, use of social media is also increasing and the average age of social media employment is decreasing day by day. In this study, Andreas Hock’s work “Günther hat sein Käsebrot fotografiert. 342 Freunden gefällt das: Über den sozialen Niedergang durch Smartphones und die Digitalkultur” has been capitalized from. The study aims to examine the effects of digitalization on children, young people and adults in the context of Andreas Hock's work, and to contribute to literature students, people who are interested in the subject and the researches done in our country by examining the effects on society from a critical perspective with the help of examples determined in the work