The internet has changed our global society in a positive way. Since the inception of the internet people can now exchange large amounts of data almost instantaneously. User generated content has enhanced our culture with: Facebook, Youtube, Blogger, and Flickr. Many things that were hard to find are a mouse click away with Ebay at our fingertips. But with these positive enhancements to society, we must note that certain things have fallen to the wayside with the popularity of the internet.
The internet (especially sites like Google) have made finding information their best attribute. The Direct government website for the United Kingdom (Listed Here) even states that children with internet access perform better in the classroom setting. The internet has allowed business' to share large amounts of data around the globe. It has even revolutionized some industries; with the healthcare field talking about digitizing healthcare records so that all of a clients data can be pulled from multiple sources(hospitals, doctors offices, outpatient surgery centers) instantly. This provides a more accurate health and history profile for the healthcare workers involved in this clients care.
The internet has pushed some industries to the wayside. Magazines and newspapers are finding it harder and harder to keep their subscribers when it is much easier to just hop on the internet and read an article you are interested in. This is even evidenced by instant news reporting of local events by people who upload video camera footage on the internet. Within a half of an hour I can open a window on the internet and watch footage of a tornado that landed near my family's house in Kansas. This type instant gratification on the user is hard to duplicate when using a magazine or newspaper article that comes out from a day to almost a month after the event has happened.
Although the internet has and will still, destroy certain positive attributes of our society I believe that this is still a positive change. The internet has enhanced our daily lives and culture through user generated content. Revolutionizing business' and bringing in trillions of dollars to the United States through the start up of high tech internet dependent companies. The internet is a positive technological advance for the global community.
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