The Negative Effects Of The Internet On The Internet

In recent times, the internet as a medium of communication has revolutionized various aspects of the human life. According to Harris in the book, I Found It on the Internet : Coming of Age Online, notes that since the internet presents with dire speed, power and sophistication, a majority of the American youth have taken the internet to be their preferred medium of communication (7). Indeed, communication is a significant part of the human life since from time immemorial; man has been described as a social being. Today’s youth have found it easy to link up to the world through a few clicks on any internet-enabled device (Wang and Zhang 72). The traditional conventional ways of connecting such as the use of post cards and letters have been slowly eliminated with the advent of the internet. In as much as the world has a lot to thank the internet for; there are dire consequences that have ensued from the reliance on the internet. These consequences have resulted to some schools of thought to have to describe the internet as a “double-edged” sword. This is to mean that in as much as it

The internet provides fertile grounds for cyber bullies to thrive. Through the internet, online harassment episodes have increased such that it is now a source of concern among all internet users. For example, in a recent online survey among the internet youth users, it was revealed that over the past year about 15% of the youth had suffered online sexual harassment (Amichai-Hamburger 56–58). The internet has provided channels through which information is easily available that can be used by the cyber bullies to cause harm. For example, according to Dhir et al., numerous youths were found to be guilty of sharing a lot of personal information through the internet that was in return being used to