The Internet

The internet is now a very important part of our daily lives. Some people can even say that they cannot live without having to go online every single day. As a student of a university that encourages globalization, it is essential for me to be in touch of the international affairs. The easiest way to get the access to those things is through the internet. It is very much user friendly. A user can readily say that information is on his or her fingertips, just a click or touch away. I can say that the internet is very useful to me. It is like having a portable library that I can open and browse over anytime and anywhere I want. It also gives me a chance to be in touch with people that I know and to maintain close social relationships with people I don't often get to see.

With the positive effects I mentioned above, I cannot deny that there are also disadvantages in the wide use of the internet. It discourages people to effort or work for information. This leads to data which are sometimes unreliable or invalid. The internet also becomes an avenue for unpleasant things such as exploitation of women and children in porn sites. Another disadvantage is the digital divide. Not everyone can afford a laptop or a cellphone which has the latest applications at hand. This increases the gap between the poor and the rich. Just like in the previous topics I have made blogs on, various things that a certain group of people have and enjoy everyday becomes a source for a kind of divide. This is, in my opinion, inevitable but it can be lessened by education. People who cannot afford technology can still study how to use it. They may not always have it but when they have the chance, they will know what to do.

Internet is a fruit of globalization. They are somehow similar in a way that I can compare it to fire. It can cook good food yet it can burn down houses. Meaning, both has good and bad sides to it. People just need to be more critical with what they do with it.