The Negative Impact of Internet to Youth

THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF INTERNET TO YOUTH The advent of the Internet has been one of the most exciting major events in the second half of the 20th century. The ancient dream of “a scholar knows all things happening in the world without venturing outdoors” has finally become a reality. But there are also people who do not support this growing trend mainly because of its negative impact on the society such as spreading the habit of Sexting, the threat of Cyberbullying and also antisocial. To begin with, Sexting is the bad influence caused by the internet because of social networking website such as Facebook and Twitter appeared. Not to leave the pornography website. Sexting is defined as sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or images via cell phone, computer, or other digital devices The consequences to youth are their reputations, social lives, and future careers can be ruined as a result of nude and/or explicit pictures going public. Another frightening scenario nowadays is Cyberbullying. It means the misuse of communication technologies for the intention of harming another person. This can cause profound psychosocial outcomes including depression, anxiety, severe isolation, and, tragically suicide.

Also the internet now days is causing society to become antisocial , overuse of the internet usage is taking the society away from doing important social activities such as spending time with family, friends and neighbours. Furthermore, there is a serious concern involving the proliferation of inappropriate content, such as violence, bias, hate speech, profanity, and pornography. The Internet gives children an easy way to find information and it permits unwelcomed messages to find their way to children.

On the other hand, the positive effects of the using Internet is low costs, can builds credibility and for connection. Internet is for personal and business use if free. It is an easy and cost effective way to reach