Internet Influence On Society Essay

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Professor: Genci Shehu
Student: Nikola Zemani
How does the Internet influence today’s society? Let’s think we are having an argument. I ask you to fact check. What is the first thing you do? You head up to the public library or do you search it on from your phone on the Internet? What if you want to keep up with the news? Do you wait for in front of the TV and go through tens and hundreds of commercials or do you just search for it on the Internet from your phone? If we went back in time 20 years and told our parents that in 20 years they will be able to hold the news in the palm of their hand they would think we were crazy. Thanks to the Internet we live in a connected world where almost everything you desire is just a few clicks away. But …show more content…

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6. Minimize risk of legal action This is both profitable for the users of the Internet and for the business companies that can spread their product to a wider demographic. Speaking of wider demographic, a big part of Internet users in today’s society are teenagers. And since they make up a big part of Internet users, parents are often paranoid about their children’s activity on the Internet. They encourage Internet use because it helps them with school work and “studies have shown that having a home computer i associated with children's higher test scores in mathematics and reading.” (Battle, 2006) On the other hand, extended Internet usage raises concerns regarding possible isolation effects the Internet may have on children or probability that they might encounter on pornographic websites, dangerous strangers or other unsuitable online material. “A national survey shows one quarter of youth, ages 10-17, have been exposed to unwanted sexual materials on the Internet (Mitchell, Finkelhor, & Wolak, 2003).” (Rong Wang, 2005) Because of this paranoia the majority of U.S. parents report that their children are introduced to family rules about Internet use. Some parents think that this much information, which is provided by the Internet, tends to make children

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