Nowadays, everyone uses internet, but most of the people do not know its effect. This paper aims to show the effects of internet on its users’ lives. An analytic literature review is followed. Based on twelve sources, the paper describes the effect of internet on three major fields in life. First, in their article “Online communication and adolescent relationships”, Subrahmanyan and Greenfield stressed on the effect of internet on the communication between friends, strangers and family members. Second, Internet has an effect on health, especially psychological effect. Moreover, a study done by the University of California – Loss Angeles (UCLA) found that internet influence brain function. Third, Internet can affect work and education. …show more content…
Gustavo Mesh found in his study that family time is affected only with a teen uses the internet for social purposes. In addition, Rosen has found that the more hours an adolescent spend on the internet, the more he feels that his parents doesn’t support him. Other research showed that most of the parents do not know what their children do online. More than fifty percent of parents have never looked at their children profile. But, parents can control their kids on the internet by “monitoring”: the software will block different sites or by limiting the access. In this way, the parents decide the permitted sites (Subralmanyan; Greefield, 2008). Parents can control their kids involve in internet. They can allow them to spend their time searching online, not socializing since search can be finished, but chatting and socializing never finish. When following this strategy, family time will not be affected. The internet has also a big effect on romantic relations. It can reinforce the relations between two persons, but it can destroy it too. Teens use internet to find or to break a relation, they use it also to search about someone they have dated. According to Pew Survey on Teenagers and Instant Messaging, results shows that 17% ask someone out online, and 13% end a relation online. Others use internet to know more about their date. This will affect their future (Subralmanyan; Greefield, 2008). So, Pew survey shows that romantic relations are connected to the
Had there been no internet, the earth would have been a better place to live in with increased peace and happiness. The internet has not only deteriorated the social structures, norms and civilization, it has also had effected people’s day to day life. A social network through internet has created a lot of problems in the modern society. In the article “Friending, Ancient or Otherwise”, Wright argues how there has been a shift in communication between the individual and the society. It has corrupted the English language and degraded the overall educational qualities. Internet also helps students plagiarize materials. Despite of its some usefulness in the modern world, internet and social
In the present day, the development of internet causes considerable changes in social relations and people lifestyle. Internet users spend most of their life online. One of the recent trends is the development of social networks, which encourage the creation of realistic communities. In such a situation, the question concerning the impact of Internet on human being, especially on human brain and behavior arises. In this concern, views on the impact of Internet vary consistently. On the one hand, Internet is recognized as a valuable intermediate, which helps users to share and broadcast information easily. But, another view on the impact of internet, that Internet is noticed as a threat to the social life and identity of individuals
The internet has connected multiple mediums of communication and placed it in one platform; it can now facilitate communication such as calling, messaging, information sharing, music download and etc; essential replacing traditional communication devices. Corresponding to the accusation of corrupting influences of communication technology the use and influence of the internet is one of the most controversial topics.
Firstly, by using technology, it allows for individuals to interact over the web with other people. Encountering people using technology is an undeniably common way of discovering partners and receiving the chance to constantly message and exchange emails, permitting a better connection to build a relationship. The internet, through many dating websites, has helped many people discover others, who then would impact their lives greatly and soon be apart of it. A study found that, “More than one third of U.S. marriages begin with online dating, and those couples may be slightly happier than
Recently, society has become consumed by the internet and technology. It has become a daily ritual that affects our social and academic lives. The issue has been whether or not the internet has a positive or negative impact on people. Some may say the internet positively affects how we can express ourselves artistically and intellectually. However, internet in technology diminishes our ability to think by causing distractions.
Technological advancements have flourished greatly over the last few years and have continued to become a large part of the societal norm, today. With increasing reliance on devices such as smartphones, laptops and televisions, access to information is not just easy but also prompt. However, there exists a downside to the excessive screen time exposure that children are allowed, especially internet exposure. Evidence of the pervasive nature of internet access can be inferred when statistics show that “60% of children between the age of 8 and 17 years” (Subrahmanyam et al., 2001) have some form of access to the Internet. Approximately, 14% of these children also meet the criteria for excessive Internet Users. With the rising degree of internet
Harlen Coben, editorial,¨Undercover Parent ¨( March 16,2008 ), claims that parents should monitor their teens and what they do on the internet. The author started off being against this idea but, then he sat down at a dinner with his friends whom convinced him otherwise. The author backs up his reasons after his anecdote. The authors purpose of this article is to make sure that parents are doing their best to protect their teens from the dangers of being online, in order to establish total and complete safety with his or hers teen/teens. The intended audience for this article is parents with teenagers or kids who have access to the internet, now assuming the author has teens of his their would be some connection made with the audience their.
Internet has brought a change in the way people connect with one another. Although the effects are witnessed by all generations in general, yet the young generation is impacted by the Internet the most. There is also variation in the extent to which children belonging to different areas are affected by the Internet since the use of the Internet is generally more common in the urban areas as compared to the rural areas.
In today’s world, it is nearly impossible to find someone who doesn't know what the internet is, much less someone who has used it. Pew Research conducted a survey in 2012 stating that 95% of teens ages 12-17 use the internet everyday. This is just one of the many reasons that parents are questioning whether to take action on their teens internet usage. The rise in the world's need for technology and the internet has sparked the debate, should parents monitor their teens internet use to a certain degree or should parents completely control what their teens do online?
As children grow up, parents need to slowly increase their access and exposure to what the Internet holds. For example, parents shouldn’t let their young children have independent Internet access until they find them mature enough for that responsibility. Parents also need
This article is a study done by the authors in trying to prove a point that internet use and specifically Facebook has played a major downfall in romantic relationships. Facebook is a social networking site that initially was created for Harvard students. The aim of Facebook was to rate a person’s look. However, through the advancing, Facebook became accessible to anyone. This article speculates that Facebook has come to create; uncertainty,
The authors study shows how technology has impacted the way young adults engage each other at the start of a relationship. They analyzed how dating has changed from previous generations with the emergence of communication technologies. Their findings show that males and females prefer to use different technologies when starting to develop their online relationships. This research also showcases how technology played a large role in the early stages of romantic relationships. I agree that technology has completely changed how relationships begin and how they are maintained. Their findings are extremely useful for my argument on how technology is changing the way we date and interact with each other.
Internet is an electronic communication networks that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the word (Merriam-webster.com, 1974). Internet Users are increasing daily the number of internet users where it has increased from 1.024 billion to 3.578 billion between 2005 till 2017 (Statistia.com, 2017). This shows that internet is now used in most parts of the world and it is contributing more and more every day. Indeed, internet is now an addiction it became part of our life, it is now used by every one and by all different age groups. The power of internet has transformed technologies such as computer, phones, Radio etc., like nothing before it is revolutionary, this have the stage for this extraordinary integration of capabilities (Leiner et al, 1997). The internet is a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals using devices without any regards for geographic location, internet is a world full of information (Cerf et al, 1997). Nowadays internet contributed in politics, economy, and in our social life. The continues internet revolution still questioned in todays world. Undoubtedly the internet has been beneficial for social, economical and political development in the 21st century. Some people may agree with that opinion and some may disagree this essay will discuss both views in details using many different sources. The essay will discuss the Political, Social and economical revolution of internet, by how it has been
In order to achieve political, economic and personal advancement, the internet has played a major role in it. The internet, according to Wikipedia, has many uses that include data sharing, e-commerce, booking of tickets, socializing, job searching, entertainment and also in e-learning. With advancements in technology, the number of users of the internet are increasing daily. With internet speed increasing over time, the Internet brings knowledge and information on nearly every subject imaginable straight to your computer. This has made our lives easier and more efficient. Though the internet has many advantages, it has brought a lot of negative impact to our society.
In today’s world, the development of the Internet is getting better and better. We can expand more knowledge to open our vision and communicate with others through it. But when we enjoy the benefits of the Internet to bring us, we should also be careful not to indulge in the Internet at the same time. More and more people are addicted to the Internet, especially the teenagers, they have a strong psychological dependence on the Internet which is harmful to them. Research indicates that the Internet affects adolescents in four areas: physical health, psychosocial development, academic performance, and family relationships. (Cynthia Sau Ting Wu1*, Ho Ting Wong2, Kin Fai Yu1, Ka Wing Fok1, Sheung Man Yeung1, Cheuk Ho Lam1 and Ka Man Liu). I will talk about the disadvantages and solutions of adolescents addicted to the Internet in this article.