Bogdan Nadolu – West University of Timisoara, Bd.V.Parvan, no 4, Timisoara, Romania
Delia Nadolu – West University of Timisoara, Bd.V.Parvan, no 4, Timisoara, Romania
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/LIMEN.2019.67
5th International Scientific-Business Conference – LIMEN 2019 – Leadership, Innovation, Management and Economics: Integrated Politics of Research – CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, Graz, Austria, December 12, 2019, published by the Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade; Printed by: SKRIPTA International, Belgrade, ISBN 978-86-80194-26-4, ISSN 2683-6149, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/LIMEN.2019
Abstract
The digitalisation of the everyday life has become a common reality for more than a half of
the global population. To be connected 24/7 on several devices, to be at only one click/touch away from
a huge amount of digital contents, to be available for interactions with almost any users from around
the globe have become common facts. The insertion of the communication technology in our daily life
is higher and deeper than never before. Into this paper, it was followed to identify the main sociological
dimensions of the so-called Homo Interneticus – a new manifestation of the human being on the base
of the new communication technologies. What are the main advantages of HI? But the disadvantages?
Did we lose something from our human essence by the digitalisation of our existence?
Keywords
Internet, Smart-phone use, Online social presence.
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