The world is really small. This phrase, as cliché and overused as it may be, presents some truth about how interconnected the world has become in recent years. Technological advancements over the past two decades have created an online cyberspace that allows people around the world to interact instantly. Since 1990, the universal population of Internet users has grown from several million to several billion. Of the seven billion people on the planet, six billion have access to a mobile Internet device (Gopi Kalliyil on social media). Online technologies such as social media sites have become an integral part of the lives of civil society, activists, non-governmental organizations, software providers, governments and ordinary citizens around the world. Geographic constraints on community and cultural arrangements have receded since the rise of the Internet. This globalization of the world via social media sites has had political and relational consequences all over the world. In order to accurately explore the relationship between globalization and social media, one must first understand the definition of each. According to New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman, globalization is "the integration of technologies and nation states to a degree never before seen, in a way that allows individuals, businesses, and nation states to move further in the world. , faster, deeper and cheaper than ever” (sociology.emory.edu). This means that newly developed technology involving the Internet is providing a way for people to access other parts of the world at an unprecedented rate. For the first time in history, Chinese people can interact with Texas people at any time with a swipe of a finger... in the middle of a sheet of paper... and social media is a vital aspect of the community worldwide. All that remains is to harness its power. Works cited by Catheryndianne. “Social media and globalization.” Video clip online. YouTube. YouTube, April 28. 2011. Internet. March 8, 2014. Walton, Alice. “Internet addiction: the new mental health disorder? Forbes.com. October 2, 2012. Internet. March 8, 2014. new-mental-health-disorder-internet-addiction/>. Kelly, Sanja and Sarah Cook. “A Global Assessment of the Internet and Digital Media.” Freedom on the Net 2011. n. page. 2011. < http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FOTN2011.pdf>. Mehmet, Fatih Yigit and Bulent Tarman. “The impact of social media on globalization, democratization and participatory citizenship.” Journal of Social Science Education. Flight. 12 n° 1. March 8, 2014. PDF file.