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Introduction To New Media 65

Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet

# Internet is undoubtedly the most crucial technology of the modern
world, the useful application has not only made our lives easier than
ever before but it also plays a very important role in the future
developments.

# Everyone is of course very well known that internet has the global
advantages than just a few concentrated ones. With the introduction

of the internet the global communication has become a matter of
just the finger tips of the users. The internet has brought about the
various different, innovative communication means like the emailing,
chatting, and the voice conversation system over the internet.

# These systems have not only made the communication easy but also
the daily lives interactions following the business of people living on
the other sides of the world. The other blessings of the internet include
the umpteen resources that we can get on anything at all over the net
and also the entertainment via the games, websites, and media access

which was never so easy before.
Everything has the negative aspect to it and so does the internet.

# The biggest threat of the internet is in the pornography and the security
threats. Pornography is widespread over the internet making it

inappropriate to be used by the children below certain age so as to
prevent the psychological damage from the early days. These sites
are easily accessible and attractive for the teenagers and young kids.

# The security over the internet cannot be guaranteed due to the major
hacking techniques and theories, even the interaction between the
two strangers can lead to friendship and then serious cases of murders