The internet: A combination
of millions of computer networks sending and receiving data from all over the
world, with competing interest joined by a common purpose, but with no common
owner. No common owner which means no one in charge, which means no rules.
Freedom to do whatever you want, that could be really fun, and really
dangerous. I am extremely grateful for the internet and I think it has improved
society greatly, but I also think that it has done much harm on society.
Think about how many times you use the internet in one day. For me, I never
stop using the internet when it comes to social media, homework, shopping, and
even just listening to music. The internet has definitely improved society for multiple
reasons. One of those reasons is email. Email was by far the most reported use
of the Internet by both sighted and visually impaired users. Some experts have
estimated the number of e-mail messages that were sent in the year 2000 as 6.9
trillion. (Bermant, Charles. "Net Becomes Everyday Tool." PC World,
March 2, 2000) Only 15% of American adults do not use the Internet or email
nowadays. Using email is one of the easiest ways to get a hold of someone
around the world. Another way that the internet improved society is the use of
search engines, and the most famous one Google. Google was created by Sergey
Brin and Larry Page, and the name wasn’t originally google, it was Backrub.
Which is kind of funny to think about now, imagine everyone calling Google,
Backrub. Googles mission was to organize an infinite amount of web info, which
it did. I would have no idea where I would be without Google today. I use it every
day, for music, pictures, and even looking up the definition of words. Google
is an amazing thing that came out of the Internet. Another great thing that came
out of the internet is Social Media. For example Facebook, which is one of the
most popular out there. Facebook has helped people with a lot of things. One of
those things being helping people land a job. Facebook can be used for employers
by using it to determine who the best candidates are. Also it helped people get
a degree, a study found that students who were active on Facebook were less
likely to drop out of school. Social Media and the internet has been a great
improvement for society.
A lot of great things did come out of the
internet, but there has also been some not so great things that came out of it
too, which has done much harm on society. The internet has made it much easier
for people to be bullied on social media. People can harass and/or gang up on
one person even easier than they could in a school environment. Things like Facebook,
Myspace, twitter and Instagram, has made it easy for bullies to hide behind their
computer and bully kids, hiding their identities. Another thing that has harmed
our society is how easy it is for someone to steal your identity on the internet.
Any information you put out on the internet can make it extremely easy for
someone to steal, even just stating your date of birth and where you were born.
It’s amazing how the littlest information you put out on the internet can affect
you. The internet is an amazing thing but can be very harmful, it’s something
that everyone has to be careful on, especially with personal information.
Work Cited
"How the
Internet is Changing Everyday Tasks." How the Internet is Changing
Everyday Tasks. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2014.
<http://www10.org/program/society/stephens/stephens.html>.
