With the proliferation of technology, social media has become an individual part of our lives. The main idea of the article was to examine how film and other media represent and affect our perceptions of the world.
In fact, the constructed imaginary world in the film or media is truly dominating people’s imagination and impacting society. On the one hand, the incorrect perceptions of the imaginary world and the reality will create a sense of unevenness for citizens and result in the loss of sense of living satisfaction. On the other hand, social media and film are unifying people around the world by providing information based on personal preference and establishing people with the same mindsets due to the high rate of repetition in the city. It not only suppresses the creativity of people, but also provokes people to indulge in the perfect world on the internet and avoid reality.
Furthermore, social media also render to the inequality in society as it excludes marginalized groups such as low-income communities, where people cannot access the internet easily because of the high costs of portable devices. A loss of humanity will be the consequence of cyber cities as users can easily hide themselves.
Despite all the disadvantages of cybercities, it is undeniable that technology has facilitated communication and helped us advertise the uniqueness of our city, which eventually benefited our economics and various aspects. To balance two opposite influences, it is cardinal for us to provide citizens, especially young adults, the correct methods to access the internet, such as reading information from different sources, which will encourage the establishment of critical thinking.
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