Much like the invention of the telephone, the creation of the Internet has launched a series of arguments regarding its role in everyday life of common people. Some claimed that it was a magic pool of incredible opportunities; others insisted that it was a Pandora’s Box that would make people even lazier. As it always happens, the truth seems to lie somewhere in the middle between these statements. Despite the fact that social media clearly poses a tangible threat to the culture of live communication and, therefore, will contribute to the shriveling of people’s social skills, computer mediated interpersonal and intercultural communication will allow for creating a stronger bond between the representatives of different cultures and brings the effects of prejudice down even among the members of communities where cultural, national and ethnic diversity is rather low. The fact that new media offers better opportunities for multicultural experiences cannot be viewed as either a positive or a negative effect of social networking – at least, it cannot be positioned as such on its own. Modern media should be viewed as a tool that can be used for educational, professional and personal purposes. While the fact that more people are capable of learning about other nationalities and having unique communication experiences with them is definitely far from negative, its effects should be mentioned to define the value of the given phenomenon. The first positive effect to be mentioned, in fact, has a lot to do with education. As it has been stressed above, modern media open a pool of opportunities for multicultural education, which is, in fact, a direct result of diversity and multiculturalism principles having their effect on various aspects of people’s lives. Traditional methods of learning and teaching can, thus, be mixed with the ones that are widely accepted in other cultures, yet are positioned as innovational in the recipient one. For example, social networking may help students learn a particular subject, such as the English language. Creating a specific group in Facebook where one can post exercises, rules and tips, or a Twitter group, where one can post short comments regarding the language, its specifics, students’ success and impressions can be of great effect for ESL students. More to the point, the tips on how to connect Facebook posts with “twits” already exist, which means that, when combined together, several social networks and other computer media may have an even greater effect on students’ progress. When it comes to defining the positive aspects of computer mediated communication, one might want to mention better education opportunities for those engaged into the communication process. In other words, students learn faster and in a much more efficient way in a multicultural environment, which communication via computer programs provides a chance for. For example, in every culture, there is a unique way of approaching students based on whether the local culture is based on visual, aural, or verbal approach. As Samovar, Porter and Stephani explain, the culture of Native Americans is based mostly on visual elements of communication, which means that most Native American students are visual learners. Hispanics are classified