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How Internet Has A Negative Effect On A Person 's Life

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Using the internet as a tool to solve unanswered questions is pretty quick and straight to the point. When a person is searching a topic, he may come to an article and begin to skim it; he follows a hyperlink. This hyperlink gives assistance in finding other information on the topic. After clicking on it, the person finds a whole new article. “Russ warner says, Many websites put links with intriguing titles next to every article. There are some sites that have links on all sides of the article, so that no matter which way you look, there’s an article enticing you to click just once more.” This process just sends one on a journey and most times a person does not find what they were originally searching for. There are many different views and opinions on whether or not internet has a positive or negative effect on a person’s life. The internet inhibits one’s ability to retain newly explored information; it constantly distracted and interrupted which causes a short attention span; and the Internet causes “addicts brain”. Technology has made it obsolete for the drive that we once had that made us want to retain immense amounts of information. In the past, people were known to retain much more information than the average internet user does now. When a person is aware that the internet is available and is just a couple of clicks away, they don 't feel the need to retain information. Nathaniel Enwald found that people who read text online comprehend significantly less than

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