Is the Internet Harmful?

Mak Tze Kit, Nick (123171)

English Argumentative essay:

Is the Internet harmful?

 The Internet, which defined as a system that allows human to exchange unlimited information, should be one of the most important invention in human history ever. However, many one argued that the Internet causes harm to human being, for example worsen human’s ability of communication, cause invasion privacy problems, somehow it seems taking over human. In daily life, Family tragedy caused by the over usage of Internet is no longer a fresh news, different people suffered from online hustle. We should really doubt a very debatable topic, “Is the Internet harmful?”  This essay is going to provide arguments of both sides and make a conclusion afterwards. First of all, the drawbacks of the network will be listed, after that we are going to evaluate whether its benefit can overcome these “sideffects” and finally draw a conclusion.

  Once the Internet was widely adopted, people increased to communicate with others by devices rather than real communicating. The internet provide us an excuse that we are keeping in touch with others, e.g. lovers, parents, friends only if we contact them on Internet.  It is very unhealthy that human reduces the frequency of having face-to-face meeting with others. Because having emotional expressions and feeling love/ caring can never be replaced by invisible communication. For example, texting people through the Internet, email others and even live chatting room, speed is the only concern of the quality of conversation. We are addicted to use convenient icons, network jargons, which is totally different than the way of using facial expression, body language to have real communication. So far, studies proved human ‘s ability of communication is worse than the generation without the Internet. For details, it is because of human seldom use correct language in other words the quality of conversation did less well than before. Also, family relationship is usually ignored. When we get chances to have gathering with others, people always focus on their cellphone screen rather than listening to others. To state this argument, seems human distance is farer than before though the Internet should be built in the purpose of making us closer.

  The Cyberplace is the best region to do what human being hide for underside in daily life.  As identity can be hided and we can choose to show whether to use real identity to speak/ express our emotion, we can see everyday there are non-stop Verbal Violence online, once human found there are someone different, they will tease on them. Bullying is not just including visible one, but online also do.  In long term, the Internet strengthen those bully’s confidence and build some wrong values, while those victim may psychologically get hurt and these issues can affected their life, for example they will afraid of meeting others.