Effects of Internet

Nowadays, everyone uses internet, but most of the people do not know its effect. This paper aims to show the effects of internet on its users’ lives. An analytic literature review is followed. Based on twelve sources, the paper describes the effect of internet on three major fields in life. First, in their article “Online communication and adolescent relationships”, Subrahmanyan and Greenfield stressed on the effect of internet on the communication between friends, strangers and family members. Second, Internet has an effect on health, especially psychological effect. Moreover, a study done by the University of California – Loss Angeles (UCLA) found that internet influence brain function. Third, Internet can affect work and education. This paper concludes that internet has both positive and negative effects: On one hand, it increases a person’s popularity and makes him closer to his offline friends. The internet also provides distance learning. Skuterud and Kuhn illustrate the effect of distance programs on students, family and courses. On the other hand, the internet can separate a person from his real life. Furthermore, it can have negative effects on patients especially cancer patients. So, the internet has serious effects on life; we should be aware of them since when knowing its effects, we can avoid the negative ones.

Outline I- Effect of internet on social life: A- On Relation between friends and Family B- On relations with romantic partners. C- On relations with strangers.

II- Effect of internet on health A- Body and brain effect B- Psychological effect

III- Effect of internet on education and work A- On education B- On work

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