Internet’s Taking Over Face Time

We are the Internet Culture. This medium is used for communication, entertainment and education. It is almost impossible to find someone who doesn’t own a computer. Even cell phones and iPods are little computers these days. You can surf the net on pretty much anything these days. Video game systems such as the Wii, PS3 and Xbox all have access to the internet where gamers can enter a gaming paradise and play and talk with anyone, anywhere. It’s almost unbelievable. There are good and bad things associated becoming a computer culture.

Some good things are that no matter where you are or what you’re doing, you can pretty much guarantee that someone has internet whether it’s on their cell phone, iPod, or the new internet stick you can plug into your laptop. If you’re lost, you can pull up MapQuest on your BlackBerry, now who hasn’t either done that or wished they could have done it? It keeps people closer in the sense that they can quickly and easily have access to people they want to talk to.

Unfortunately, there are bad sides to the internet being everywhere we go. People are beginning to text more than they can talk. Instead of asking “how are you” or to see if someone who’s stolen your heart has actually given their heart to someone else, they check Facebook. If you want to know what someone’s doing, you’ll likely find out on twitter. People even check their favourite blogs to get the “real news”. We don’t even write letters anymore, we write emails. Do you remember the days of the romantic love letter? That’s soon to be over if it’s not already, we’ll soon have the “oh so romantic” love email.

Education is even online. People can get university and college degrees without even setting foot on the school’s campus. At a school such as UOIT, they rely on assignments and lecture notes being posted online. Assignments are checked for plagiarism through systems on the internet such as Turnitin. It has been reported that universities (particularly American ones) are going to start losing popularity and may one day become obsolete because people will be spending less money on these online universities.

With the computer culture becoming more and more prevalent, we will be seeing less and less of people. We will also by relying more on the internet for entertainment, communication with friends and family, and education. We are so immersed in this internet culture that we are addicted to it. Students can’t even sit through a class without going on Facebook so what are we to do in the future if this persists?

Emily Morris