MYTH BUSTED: Internet Use Doesn’t Lead to Isolation
November 5, 2009
This article is focusing mainly on the internet. Its stating that the use of internet does not lead to isolation which many people think would.
In the past not everyone has a laptop or even a computer thus social networking is restrained. Those who have a computer will be sitting at home all day long and they won’t be socially active thus giving people the idea that using the computer will make you isolated or anti-social.
Well that was the past. Now roughly 3 out of 5 people has a personal computer at home. Some might even have more then one. The use of the internet is mainly the reason why people use the computer. A computer without the internet is like a carpenter without his tools. Your use for the computer is very limited without the internet. As how people of the past think of computer and internet as a tool that isolates, people nowadays use it to communicate.
Applications such as MSN, Facebook, Skype etc helps people connect with others who are nearby or far away. Make it casual interaction or for business purposes, people gets more socially involved when they use the computer. Applications such as facebook will also updated the user about current happenings of their friends. This will indirectly make the users closer to their friends as they know more about their lives.
Facebook can also be used for business use. Businessman can make deals and and meet ups easily without a hassle. Facebook is well known throughout the world thus making it possible to spread your business millions of miles away from you. Skype is also another application that enables one to have a conference via webcam. This saves alot of time and make meet ups easy.
A cartoon that shows the use of internet from all over the world.
Source: google.com
These applications are getting more popular as time progresses and technology advances. I predict that in the future everything will be linked to the computer and the internet. People will bring along their laptops to almost everywhere they go. It will soon change from something that they want to something that they need.
Thus i have come to a conclusion that the internet has eased man’s daily workload and also vastly enhances one’s social network instead of isolating them. So if you think that the use of internet are only for people who ‘needs to get a life’, think again.
