Introduction:
In our society nowadays we see the internet as an essential tool to carry out our daily activities. The internet has changed the way business, governments and humans interact. However, as the internet takes a bigger part of our daily lives we lose communication skills, suffer from distraction and have less direct contact with each other. In the following essay, the positive and negative effects of the internet on human interaction will be discussed. Some of the positive aspects include instant access to information, online education resources, and global communication. The negative effects include loss of human physical interaction, addiction, access to inappropriate content and large-scale misuse of the technology such cyber-bullying and self-diagnosis of illness.
Positive effects:
In physical conversations, apart from words there are other factors that also affect the conversation such as the voice tone, body language, physical expressions, circumstances and sometimes the …show more content…
Cell phones can be used for texting, calling or video filming; however, it could also be a dangerous distraction leading to sometimes serious accidents such as car crashes. According to statistics recorded in the United States of America by www.edgarsnyder.com,one out of 4 road accidents is caused by texting and every year 11 teenagers lose their lives on the road due to texting4. The survey also showed that 94% of teenagers understand the dangers of texting while driving and out of those, 35 % confirmed that they use their mobile devices while driving4. In addition, mobile telephones could also be a distraction at the workplace or school. Research conducted at University of Haifa, shows that 94% of students access the internet during the school time without any educational purposes14. According to fortune.com, an average worker loses eight hours of work time per
In our society nowadays we see the internet as an essential tool to carry out our daily activities. The internet has changed the way business, governments and humans interact. However, as the internet takes a bigger part of our daily lives we lose communication skills, suffer from distraction and have less direct contact with each other. In the following essay, the positive and negative effects of the internet on human interaction will be discussed. Some of the positive aspects include instant access to information, online education resources, and global communication. The negative effects include loss of human physical interaction, addiction, access to inappropriate content and large-scale misuse of the technology such cyber-bullying and self-diagnosis of illness.
Positive effects:
In physical conversations, apart from words there are other factors that also affect the conversation such as the voice tone, body language, physical expressions, circumstances and sometimes the …show more content…
Cell phones can be used for texting, calling or video filming; however, it could also be a dangerous distraction leading to sometimes serious accidents such as car crashes. According to statistics recorded in the United States of America by www.edgarsnyder.com,one out of 4 road accidents is caused by texting and every year 11 teenagers lose their lives on the road due to texting4. The survey also showed that 94% of teenagers understand the dangers of texting while driving and out of those, 35 % confirmed that they use their mobile devices while driving4. In addition, mobile telephones could also be a distraction at the workplace or school. Research conducted at University of Haifa, shows that 94% of students access the internet during the school time without any educational purposes14. According to fortune.com, an average worker loses eight hours of work time per