Internet Advantages and Disadvantages

Introduction

The Internet is a worldwide connection of computer systems over a massive network. The most common form of communication is one way, which is where a website is placed on a server and made available to people. There is also direct online communication via email, IM or online video and audio. There is also the middle ground where stationary websites are used as the intermediary between two or more people.

Thesis

There are certain advantages to the Internet and certain disadvantages. How it affects you or which you feel are truly advantageous or disadvantageous are up to you. This essay compares and contrasts the good and bad points about the Internet and attempts to shine an unbiased focus on both sides.

Advantage

It has made research a lot easier, as a person may simply hop online if he or she wants to find out about something. This is especially useful if the person wants to know the location of a place, or the opening hours etc.

Disadvantage

Nothing online is trustworthy. Even websites that are supposed to be trusted and are supposed to be reliable are not full of reliable information. Even major websites that are run by big and trusted companies are using writing firms to write their websites and the writing firms are simply hiring the cheapest freelancers to do their work for them. It is true that the Internet has made it easier to find out basic facts such as the location of places, but even that information is commonly incorrect (as Google maps will happily prove).

Advantage

It means that a lot of people may now stay in touch with a lot more people. It has made communication very simple, easy and convenient. It is possible to stay in touch with people that you hardly ever see. It is possible to communicate very often too.

Disadvantage

Some people use the Internet too much and forgo real life contact. It may now be easier to keep in contact with people you know, but it has removed any incentive to visit people. People pay fewer visits...