Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Internet Culture and The Effect It Brings To People


The Internet culture has not been showing signs of slowing this trend – this fad toward the never ending quest for human communication even to places wherein real human contact is not possible. There are some people who find comfort when they are with their computers – online. Even if face-to-face interaction is not achieved, they still can seek friendship in cyberspace. Virtual friends gather at imaginary meeting places. In these cyber spaces, they interact with and among each other, they open topics for debates, they open themselves to the virtual public. It is no doubt, therefore, that relationships of all kinds are establish because of the Internet. But, the very fact that this form of communication emanates from distant participants, there is a real impact on this.

Because the interaction is no longer face-to-face, there is already lesser social accountability demanded of one who says something rude in an online chat room than of one who offends someone on face-to-face social gatherings. If one person says something awful online, the act would seem nearly free of consequences. The offender need no subjection to emotional discomfort that could possibly arise when the same situation occurs, only face-to-face.

10 comments:

  1. This is actually becoming a serious problem now especially with the rage in online games. Many kids actually die because they don't wanna ever leave their computers and forget about pretty much everything!

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  2. kids now learn fast because of IT. parents play a major role in guiding their kids. Charlotte Curry

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  3. At times it alarms me how much of our lives are becoming more and more dependent to the web..

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  4. there are both good and bad effects. Its like living a dual life. You can just create a whole new identity in the Web.

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  5. i agree with you Peter. what matters here is on how you handle this race despite the continuous evolution of technology.

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  6. I suppose it's all in how you utilize the web and usage control.

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  7. its how you still manage it. just dont allow the internet to overpower you.

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  8. Internet helps me a lot in my business right now. especially that entails much more interaction with people all over the globe.

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  9. The Internet is perhaps the most important invention in our lives.

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  10. The Internet is perhaps the most important invention in our lives.

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