In a world dominated by technological advancements growing at a seemingly explosive, "sonic boom" pace, it should be no surprise that a hyper-connected world has recently developed. Communication has now become so easily accessible as we have multiple mediums to use. From face-to-face conversations to cyber communications through social networks and media, man is able to instantly convey his message in practically any form. The progress made in ways that we communicate has affected our basic understanding of human nature. It has, to a degree, altered the way we perceive good and evil and whether man is born good, or evil, or with a choice between the two. Although the developments in methods of communication have made life stupendously easier, they have also changed man's comprehension of human nature and whether culture actually diminishes goodness or encourages it. This essay will look at the extent of hyper-connectivity experienced by the world today. It will then look at how the advancements in communication through social networks and media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have affected man's perception of human nature. Finally it will discuss whether culture defiles man's goodness or encourages it in regard to how social networks and media affect human nature. The boom in technological innovations especially in the field of communication has increased the number of ways in which people can communicate and the number of people who use these ways. The invention of the Internet and the World Wide Web around 1960 and 1990 respectively, created a new era in the way that people communicate today[Ste, 08]. According to statistics compiled in 2012, the number of Internet users had increased from 360,985,492 users at the end of 2000 to 2,405,518,376 users worldwide by mid 2012 [Wor, 13]. In 2012 a UN report stated that the number of mobile phone users had exceeded 6 billion [BBC, 12]. From the late 1900s to 2012, the number of phone users has grown from approximately 12.4 million to over 6 billion and is predicted to exceed the human population in 2013 [Wor, 13]. The combination of Internet and mobile phone usage also increased the number of social media users greatly as 1.2 billion mobile users are connected to the Internet. According to a few more statistics, about 91% of adults use social media on a regular basis. [Car, 12]The use of the Internet as one of the main forms of communication has developed a culture on its own better known as cyber-culture. It brings together individuals from multiple backgrounds and aligns them in a world t