Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Internet

“...between 2005 and 2012, 35% of the couples marrying in the US had met online” (González). The internet is used in many ways such as, communicating, posting status updates, and discovering new information. People most commonly argue the internet to be the source of loneliness and depression, whereas others say that it generates more relationships and friends. Electronic devices, such as mobile phones and laptops are utilized in everyday life, whether it be for work, school, personal matters, and in many other ways. It helps promote interactivity and involvement in a community, where you are not alone. It also permits transparent discussions, between friends, family, and others, that are beneficial in everyday life worldwide. Technology does not make us more alone as it gives people the opportunity to meet new people, supplements communications, and aids those who are already lonely.

In the article, “Caught in the Web: More People Say Heavy Internet Use is Disrupting Their Lives, and Medical Experts are Paying Attention” by January W. Payne argues that using technology too much, has consequences that can affect the people around, and the individual’s health as well. At the same time, many people use internet excessively, and do not realize that, they might get further from the outside world. According to a research by Stanford University, demonstrated, that people spend on the internet about 3 or more hours daily. Many people are getting addictive to the internet, because they see it as an escape from problems, while others use it as a way to relax themselves. As people addiction to the internet increase, people isolate

Unfortunately, many people are finding themselves forced into going online. Scores of businesses, educational facilities, medical and governmental entities are only accessible through the internet. We seem to have no choice but to use something that may or may not turn into a full-blown addiction, the negative effects of which, concern some people so much, that there have been requests made, to the American Psychological Association, to add “Internet Addiction” to the list of official medical disorders. Statistics and research indicate that the addiction exists, but not that it is fundamentally detrimental. Social networking researchers further concluded the effects for most people are positive; in general people feel more comfortable about themselves, and more, not less connected to society.

In the words of John Suler, a psychologist who specializes in how we use computers and online networks, "The Internet is the Wild, Wild West. The rules of the world don't apply.” (Porter, Jane. "Apps of hate?" Choices/Current Health, Mar. 2015, p. 12+. Opposing Viewpoints in context http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A402347857/OVIC?u=j064903&xid=f36940b5.). Many people may argue that technology and the internet have changed our lives for the better in ways, especially with the advanced equipment that we do have today. However, there are many negatives to using the internet such as teenagers and young children can encounter cyberbullying, children can access inappropriate websites or misuse resources, and

Internet addiction has become a huge problem in today’s society. In Greg Beato’s article, he discusses the growing phenomena of internet addiction disorder. The writer explains that more and more people are becoming addicted to the internet. For example, he tells of a teenager in Ohio, who shot and killed his mom and injured his dad because they took away his Xbox. He tells how it is stated that five to ten percent of the 52 million internet users were addicted. The author is telling us that the internet has become very addictive in our everyday society.

In the modern and technological society which we live in today social media plays an integral part in everyday life. Social media is an online tool which allows people to communicate, share data and form groups with others sharing common interests. On social media platforms users can forms virtual communities or networks exchanging information. (Kaplan and Haenlein, 2010). Social media has become such a big part of life that the term ‘Facebook addict’ has been introduced into the urban dictionary.

The internet can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Imagine your every move was caught on camera for the world to see, your every fault documented and aired for everyone, that secret you told your best friend publicized on the evening news, or that intimate moment with your lover broadcast live. Newsweek writer, Jessica Bennett, wrote an article titled “The Flip Side of Internet Fame.” She argues how the internet can easily become one’s real life nightmare when the wrong person logs into the world wide web. Be careful what you put on the internet, as it may come back to haunt you.

Social media has taken control of our lives and is generating negative impacts upon us. Nowadays, conversations are conducted via texting, instant messaging, or emails etc. Although it is efficient to those who need to “speak” to someone immediately, it also has its drawbacks. For example, when trying to communicate with another person through an online forum, you lose social elements such as “visual cues and agreed norms” (Chambers, 23).

As technological advances are being made every day, the average adult has begun to increase their screen time daily. More people are spending time on their devices, than going out and interacting with others and their community. People also tend According to a study by David Greenfield, this addiction occurs to individuals who are unable to interact with others in real life and tend to be “socially reclusive” (Greenfield 1). This highlights how some individuals feel uncomfortable connecting in person, so they go to social media to assist them in mingling with other people who share similar problems. Unlike past generations, millenials have been using the internet much more as a platform to interact and this has caused several individuals to become addicted to their personal devices. This real life fear also causes many who attempt to withdraw from this addiction to have long term side effects. Some of these effects consist of “experience withdrawal including: anger, depression, relief, mood swings, anxiety, fear, irritability, sadness, loneliness, boredom, and restlessness” (Greenfield 1). As shown by the symptoms, internet addiction is a growing problem that current adolescents face. This fear is far more than justified as hundreds of studies have sampled and diagnosed individuals combatting this addiction. Another negative impact of internet addiction is that it can isolate one from the rest of the world and cause them to neglect things that are happening around them. Although everything may seem normal at first, as one grows older this can have long term effects on their social life. Internet addiction is one of many technological fears faced by the world

A new epidemic has fallen over America and is spreading like wild fire across the states as more and more fall victim to its claws. That epidemic is known as internet addiction which many of today’s youths are prone to due to the widespread usage of technology. Excessive use of the internet has proven hazardous to the generation because it decreases cognitive ability, impairs social development, and increases health problems. Since the current American society relies heavily on technology and web searches through google, the internet has become a necessary essential and making addiction almost inevitable.

The internet today has become an increasingly essential element that makes receiving information and communicating with others easier for our everyday human life. By accessing the internet, you are provided with a wide range of options when it comes to what exactly you’re looking for. The internet is used for social networks, online dating, shopping, research, gathering information, and much more. You are given unlimited access to everything published on the internet which can often result in loss of time and excessive use. Although the internet may make life easier for many, it can also become an unhealthy habit that could cause deficits in social encounters. Addiction is when you are

Something as simple as a social media site called instagram has brought a sense of awkwardness to my life while at the same time creating opportunity to meet and communicate with new people. “What Systrom calls the app's "superpower" is its ability to cater to the hyper specific passions and obsessions of a wide range of interest groups. (Instagrams’s big picture. 3)” Instagram has proven to be an addicting app hard to ever get your mind off of for a long amount of time. It has been proposed that this social media site has “super powers” obtaining people's interests and obsessions. Today’s average teen could easily spend up to two hours on social media I occasionally find myself wanting to start conversation with a cute girl I lay my eyes on. I ask myself where the lack of motivation come from. I believe Instagram is the culprit. It has made me a bit socially awkward due to the lack of amount of real communication face to face with new people. It is easier drop a like or slide in a girls DMs rather than to go up to her and spark conversation. Instagram has had this effect on me while at the same time it has achieved the complete opposite effect. It has also made me more comfortable meeting new people I already know a little bit about through instagram. “Technology changes, but Systrom's original vision for Instagram remains: Create a visual record of

The effects of the internet on me and this society have been rapidly changing. Did you know that approximately 3.2 billion people use the internet, about 200 billion emails and 3 million google searches would have to wait if the internet was turned off for one day. Let me tell you about something that happened when i was little, it might be off topic a little but when i was little i was born backwards, meaning i came out legs first. My hips were out of place and until i was about 2. My dad is always on the internet and loved taking pictures of his “Little princess”, the pictures can still be found on facebook along with a lot of other things from my family memories. That was when i started wanting to get on the internet, i asked for a facebook and they said no, being a rebel i made one anyways just to play the games on it. The internet can have positive and negative things about it for younger and older people, for example the internet engines are one of the best information givers out there, they bring almost everything and anything to a lot of internet users that lange from all over the world. The internet can provide ways to communicate with family and friends from a long distance, and even meet new people. Bad things about it is people sharing and storing illegal information on the internet, much like the dark web. The addiction to the internet and the online network can be disturbing a person's way of living and professional activity.

It is hard to imagine in today’s world that a day could pass by where we do not, in some form or another, have little or no contact with the internet and/or social media. The creation of the internet has had several positive and negative results on the world. Certain aspects of the Internet make it a unique medium of communication with its own set of factors. These various factors have influenced children and adolescents alike. Problematic Internet use, which has become known as Internet addiction, is not limited by geographical nor demographic elements but can be found in every corner of the globe. The Internet has been around since the late 1960’s, but its popularity skyrocketed in 1991 with the launch of the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web introduced us to a whole new world most of us didn’t even realize existed. It gave us the power to chat in make-believe rooms with other people from all over the world, it gave us answers to questions that we were too shy, or ashamed, to ask. It made sending and receiving a thank you letter or a “how are you?” card so much easier. Our eyes lit up when we heard those three simple words, you’ve got mail. Now we could go out into the world and explore from the comforts of our own homes.

Presently users are finding themselves online more often now that it is more easily accessible and common, that abusing the internet is now being more sought out as an addiction rather than considered excessive internet use. “People are spending twice as much time online compared to 10 years ago, fuelled by increasing use of tablets and smartphones. The biggest increase has been among young adults, with time spent online almost