Internet Influence

The internet has impacted people’s lives and how they perform in the real world. Most people today are not learning effectively because they spend too much time on the internet which is making them less intelligent. The internet is a worldwide thing that affects everyone. Because of the internet people can talk to anyone around the world. The internet

Teenagers spend too much time on social networking websites and this trend can eventually make matters worse. Spending so much time on these w... ... middle of paper ... ... is a question that many students ask themselves before studying for an exam, writing a paper, or simply doing homework. Hours and hours pass before some students begin their assignments and they will wait until last minute to get anything done. Internet addiction is becoming more and more common among Americans. Although Goldwasser includes positive points about the Internet she fails to search deeper into the problem that American teens have with it today.

Social media has affected people negatively because people depend on social media more than their brain .Which does not bring any benefit to them .Our society has come from being very social to antisocial over the years. Many people don 't interact with each other anymore .We search, post ,tweet and snap not even knowing who we are sharing are information with . In his article “Mind Over Mass Media ,” Steven Pinker writes about the amount of knowledge and power social media is taking away from our brains .College students and high school students are likely to use social media to do their work assignments.Social Media is slowing taking the place of boosk and many other ways people learn. Therefore, I agree that social media is taking the

I don’t usually use it all the time. Facebook became to be an important thing in our society since 2004. There are two articles that focus on this topic: “Social Networking: Failure to Connect” by Tom Meltzer and “Can Facebook Overcame Shyness?” by Michael S. Rosenwald. Social media can be harmful to users and affect their lives because it can make people feel lonely, waste time and take them away from the real social life. People like to use the social media because they think that it’s helpful, but it is not if they use it wrong way.

Our privacy has decreased, students education has decreased, cyber bullying has increased and it changed the way we interact with each other. 2014 is the social media generation. Social Media surrounds us like a blanket. Today's generation does not know or will ever know what life is like without technology or social media.

Excessive use of internet affects a students life both in the school as well as disrupts his/her daily normal activities. As a result of internet addiction the students grades are lowered, this raises concern with parents. Like all other vices,students may use internet to overcome depression, worry, anxiety, hopeless feeling, bullying, anger, dishonesty etc. Students end up substituting peer friendships to spending time on the internet. In day to day family life, internet addiction may affect husband-wife relationship or also child and parent relationship.

Teenagers are on their phones for most of the day, texting people checking their social media and these sites have made a lot of teenagers addicted to using them. Negative impacts include less productivity in school, because people tend to go on their accounts. Its making teenagers become ironically less social through social media because teenager’s text, and use apps such as twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. There fore with new and addictive websites teenagers become less social with real life. Aside from the benefits of being connec... ... middle of paper ... ...ot or not don’t help towards these percentages.

Many people do not realize they have Internet addiction and don’t realize that because they are so into the viral life they are loosing track of time, they have trouble completing tasks, and Isolation from important people such as family and friends. (“Internet & Computer Addiction” N.P.) Another sign that show you have Internet addiction is when a person feels guilty or defensive about Internet use. These people usually get mad when you ask them questions like “Why you are always using Facebook”, or “You’re always using your phone”. If they answer back with an attitude then it is most likely that they have Internet addiction.

Lack of supervision could lead to exposure of different kinds of content, content that they are not used to. Though teens may argue that they want more freedom on the internet because they use it for good things, the internet has mostly negative effects on its users such as; harassing someone online or vice versa, lack of sleep, and becoming totally isolated from loved ones. When children under the age of 18 are continuously using social media daily, they may start to get bored and they seek another method of excitement to try to "spice" things up. This could eventually lead to cyberbullying, the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person. Cyberbullying is becoming more prevalent as teenagers spend more time on the internet without supervision.

Relationships with family members have also been affected negatively. Although it is nice to be able to communicate with your family member who lives 300 miles away from you through the social networking sites, young children and teens spend a lot of their time on their phones checki... ... middle of paper ... ...e they are more focus in their social media than their work. Many teens are on their phones checking their social media while they are in class and it is distracting those all from learning things they will need to know and some teens will even check their social networking sites while they are working and a lot of teens get fired because of it. Social networking has been distracting people from the real world and it also has been affecting people’s relationships negatively. The more we spend in those social networking sites, the more we miss out in life.