While listening to the podcast for
this week’s blog post I was expecting to hear about all of the great things
that the Internet has accomplished and how the risks of the Internet pale in
comparison to the advantages. I was pretty disappointed to find out that the
podcast did not provide much t compete with Carr’s article against the use of
the Internet.
The
main point of the podcast for me was that the Internet has changed the way that
we can find information and that information is more or less permanent
now. Now although I do agree with
this, and I do think the Internet is a grand well of information, this does not
argue against Carr’s argument. Although the point was made that there will
always be people who will argue against change in the way people gather
information. So I decided to look
online for the advantages of the Internet. The top advantages of the Internet
are:
Faster Communication
Information Resources
Entertainment
Social Networking
Online services
e-commerce.
All
of the above are great tools the Internet allows people to use with ease.
However, even with such a great tool I still agree with Carr, I believe that
the excessive use of the internet is changing the way that human beings think
and that it is making it more difficult for people to focus. I believe that people
need to spend less time on the computer.
Pakhare, Jayashree.
"Advantages and Disadvantages of the Internet." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 01 Dec. 2011.
Web. 01 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.buzzle.com/articles/advantages-disadvantages-internet.html>.
I agree completely with all of the advantages for usage of the Internet. Also that people need to spend less time on the computer. Because people become so involved with technology that they lose sight of what is in front of them family, work, relationship, etc..
ReplyDeleteI do agree with the advantages of the internet. I also people forget about the advantages when they are criticizing technology. The internet may be cutting into face to face communication but at the same time it is bring it back. It is also allowing people to communicate with people all over the world. Social networking allows us to communicate with people from all over and allows us to communicate with people we probably would not have been able to communicate with before twitter and facebook. Things like Skype, Oovoo, facetime and other forms of video chat are bringing the face to face communication back. I also do agree with the fact that people need to spend less time on the computer. People are in control of their own destiny and need to start taking responsibility for their actions and stop giving excuses. If people use the computer less they will not be affected negatively by it. People need to own up to the fact that its their fault they are affected negatively by the internet.
ReplyDeleteI agree that people really don't focus on anything anymore. With the internet being a tool that we can use quickly and easily making everyone think that that's the way we should be thinking. Quick, easy, NOW. People don't really spend the time to sit down and really look for the answer or problem solve to fix a problem.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how technology can consume us to the point where we can't focus. The positive thing about the internet is that it's a easy tool for finding resources and communicating BUT there's that loss of depth. Also, we rely on technology too much to the point where we expect a machine to find the answer for us than ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how technology is consuming people and not allowing them to focus. The simplicity of the internet and access to information is very nice at times but it can be relied on too heavily and cause people to become lazy
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