Negative Effects Of The Internet On Human Life

The functional unit of our society today is centered on the Internet. In our day and age, people are prone to isolation because all communication can be performed online. We are missing key human interactions and our technology is shaping

Throughout the years the impact of the internet on society has evolved in many different ways. Since the creation of the internet its purpose in society has also evolved in various ways. At its simplest the internet is a tool that can be used for communication. As many of us know the internet is a flexible tool unlike any others that one can shape to fulfill their vision. In recent years the internet has emerged as a major source for information entertainment, and news, and other various means of communication. The internet has revolutionized the way in which the media operates. The media uses the internet as a tool to get information to the masses. Before the internet

The internet has become a popular source used by society of a worldwide computer network that provides a variety of information and communication facilities allowing individuals to communicate with one another easily. The internet it self has brought people together but has changed the way people interact with each other, created isolation, some addiction and being unsafe. Nowadays, anything can be shared to the wide world through any device that is able to connect to the internet; where this can lead to what Charles Seife terms as “no privacy” in his article, “The Loneliness of the Interconnected.” According to Seife, the Internet’s vast interconnectivity made it possible for everyone to hear everyone else - and to be heard by everyone else.

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.

Socially, modern life affects the social relations, especially with the use of internet to chat with others. People use internet use internet messenger to communicate with each other. This will lead to the situation of social isolation as a result of spending long time on the internet. As consequence, the person will isolate himself at home and declines the involvement of family members.

The usage of the internet pertains to two psychological outcomes. In the article Children and internet Use: Social, Psychological and Academic consequences for Low-income Children by Linda Jackson, Alexander Eye, and Frank Biocca states, “The two psychological outcomes are general affect and feelings of self-worth” (Jackson, 2003). Some general affects that the internet can have on an individual would be health issues and academic problems. Many young people spend too much time on the internet then doing their homework. Linda Jackson states, “Children’s usage of the internet estimates from as high as several hours a day to as low as 3 hours a week” (Jackson, 2003). The amount of time that is spent on the internet can determine how much the internet affects your children or yourself. Some health issues that could be a problem through the usage of the internet would be depression and heart disease.

The Internet has proven itself to be helpful, but it can also be a scary place. When the Internet first emerged, it was difficult to gauge its full potential. The Internet was actually created as a “military communications network in the 1960s” (Campbell et al., 2016, p. 41). However, the Internet became a more integral part of society around the 21st century when it transformed into a hub of information and entertainment. The film, The Net, features the early years of the Internet and the dangers that came with it. This film took a radical stance about how the Internet can damage a person’s life. The film remains relevant today since it inspires paranoia regarding the fragile safety

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

Throughout history, no single piece of technology has been so heavily relied upon such as the internet. Things such as the first car, the first telephone, and even the first airplanes were not as easily, or readily accessible as the Net is today. In all reality, the internet is the greatest and most useful tool that humanity has ever dreamt up. From instant transferring of data to endless sources of information, the Net not only connects all corners of the world, but makes each and every person more knowledgeable and self-aware. But as with all new and virtuous things, there is a darker and more dangerous side. The internet is a tool that consumes the intellectual, changing the way the brain functions and ultimately creating a reliance. This reliance is so severe that all of life’s functions depend on the internet without the same dependency being reciprocated. The relationship is one sided, where the Net has much to gain while the user has little. Furthermore, in its relatively new state, the internet is very obscure and has very questionable ethics. Although beneficial in specific cases, the internet affects one’s emotional state and latently mars cognitive function while creating a devastatingly powerful and coercive reliance.

The internet has been a big deal in everyone's lives lately, but is it really helping us or hurting us? Even though the internet is said to change your way of thinking and maybe even rewire your brain, the internet also allows you to become more social in your daily life, it can affect how your daily life functions compared to past generations, and it changes the way of the business industry.

The internet is home to many dangers such as sexual predators and hackers, however the biggest threat to us on the internet is actually ourselves. People have unknowingly isolated themselves by connecting to the internet which causes a multitude of problems that not only affect our online lives, but person everyday lives. In The Loneliness Of the Interconnected, by Charles Seife, readers become privy that because of the information, power, opinions, and people that are available online to everyone results in society becoming even more isolated, ignorant, and misinformed more than ever before with every “like” button being clicked. . Life is a tough place where ideas and opinions can be smacked down by anyone at anytime, but because of the internet people can find a lifeline in others when they log online.

I chose to write about the topics discussed in this book because I feel like it involves everybody on a global aspect. Every single day the majority of people are faced with using the Internet at some point whether it is for work purposes, social activities, your common tweets, Instagram posts, or statuses on Facebook pages. The Internet seems to be a type of network that we cannot get away from because of how heavily it is used.

The Internet is an amazing tool that we all (in the United States) get to freely enjoyed. I previously took the Global Issues course, and I find out that for many countries, particularly in China, their government controls their Internet; they do not get to enjoy Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter like we do.

The ‘Internet’ is one of the most used search tool on the earth, used by majority of the world’s population for research, communication, conveniences, entertainment and much more. Over the years, cases in relation to negative transformation of human behaviors, where people are becoming emotionally depress, horrified, vulnerable, addicted through the internet has become a serious problem for many people around the world, including us.

The Internet is a technology that has negative impacts on our daily lives. It has changed aspects of our life for the last 50 years, and it has demonstrated the considerable influence on people’s lives. Almost 3.2 billion people in the world use the internet. The Internet has gained acceptance across the globe, and it has also become a reason behind the critical changes in the modern society. Some of the changes are social isolation, health disorder, lack of privacy and internet addiction.