INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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Social change has a direct impact on the basic structure and functions of the social institutions. Technology is considered as a powerful tool of social change. It has drastically changed the way of life. It has also institutionalized the functioning of the social institutions. The institutions of family, religion, morality, marriage, state, property have been altered. As a result, some radical changes have been witnessed in the family life. Although technology has helped us in many ways but there are still many negative impacts of information technology on family and marriage life. The rapid expansion of urbanisation and advancement of technology has taken many functions of the family. Besides, technological improvement will cause a huge impact on social life. This is because consumers rely on communication devices such as smart phone, I-pad, I-pod, Tab for most of their daily tasks. This causes them neglect quality time with their family members as they are busy trying out the new gadgets or new applications available in the market or getting updated to the current trend on the social networks. For example, nowadays teenagers will keep looking and pressing the screen or button on their communication device while they do activities such as eating, watching TV with their family. Sometimes, they pay more attentions to their devices than to their family. Nowadays marriage institution is also going under change from sacred one to social contract. Consequently, divorces and separation are on the increase, no doubt, the technology has elevated the social status of women in the family. But at the same time it has put the fabric of social relationships at stake. Much distress has been witnessed in the social relationships between husband and wife.
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"Urbanization and Its Effect on Family and Marriage life in context to usage of Information Technology: A Sociological Study ", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.d160-d163, July-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2307320.pdf
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