Through this master's thesis, we will discuss the origins of communication and the human need to communicate. Two or more people are needed for communication to be accomplished. Internet communication or communication using social media is the most common form of communication today. Just like social communication which over time became more concrete and modern and it started to be known as verbal and nonverbal communication, communication using social media is developing each day and because of that elderly people have more difficulties to adjust to this new form of communication. Communicating using the Internet has its good and bad sides which will be explained in detail in this thesis. Electronic way of communication makes it easy to send messages which can be changed countless times before sending while in social communication it is necessary to pay attention to the way we express ourselves. Finally, in this thesis, it can be seen that social media and communication have become an essential part of everyday life and every individual has to pay attention to Internet manners so that communication can be successfully achieved and all participants satisfied.