Has the internent done us more good or harm? Saturday, February 2, 2008
Has the Internet done us more good?Or harm?This is a hot debate topic that has been lingering around every since the internet was invented.So basically what is the internet?The internet is actually a wide scope that contains information on any topic you can think of, a entertainment source and a source of vast communications.The internet can be used for many purposes and has benefitted man kind in several ways.For example, nowadays people barely go through the trouble of sending letters and making long phone calls ; they just switch on their computers or portable lap tops to enquire about their friends through a simple email or even better just chat with them online.So to begin my argument I strongly stand my ground when i say that the internet has benefitted us more than it has harmed us.
Firstly, I am very sure that I am not the only one that agrees with the fact that the internent has done us more good than harm.This is actually because ever since the internet was started ,it has made lives easier and definately more efficient.Through the internent almost anything is possible.The various search engines on the Internet can be used widely by students,staff and many others looking for information.Students can easily find out information for projects and just about anything they have doubts in.The students can save alot of time instead of searching their needed material in encyclopedias or dictionaries,they can merely type a few words into their preferred search engines and get the information they want and more!This results in extra time and extra marks awarded.So this is defiantely one of the plus points of the internet.As I said earlier the internet is also a entertainment source.This is because the internet has many websites that contain music,movies and more.Many use the internet to download movies and music which may be illegal but there are legal sites too.Instead of wasting money and buying cds, you can just download music and movies on the net wif just a simple click of the mouse.And now moving on to the benefits of the internet in the area of communication!
The Internet is very useful to everyone all around the world.This is because everyone from every corner of the world has to communicate and interact with one another.The internet greatly contributes to the interraction that people have as it contains many facilities such as online chatting and email.Through emails people from any corner of the world can keep contact.And instead of sending long and wordy letters that take very long to be sent to the receiver.So instead i'm sure almost everyone would prefer a faster and more reliable way to contact their loved ones.Also keeping contact with your primary school friends may be tough when you step into the stressful secondary school life.But MSN messenger and many other chatting programmes can make sure that you always remember and keep your friends close.Through the chatting services we would be able to inform our friends anything important very quickly and also instead of wasting your money by hanging on the phone for hours you can just chat with them online!
However the internet is sometimes the enemy of parents as they maybe afraid that the bad sites on the net might influence their children.For example the multiple pornography sites and various sites that are not suitable for the young mind.Even if those sites are lurking out there they will only be able to be found if someone intentionaly searches for them.Also these sites can be blocked out from one's computer by installing parental blocks and if parents tend to be more worried they could monitor their children when they are on the net.So all problems can be prevented and the internet can be used safely and usefully.So finally I stand my ground when I say that the internet has definitely done us more good than harm!
