At the beginning point

There is a big power of technique on our daily life. Electronic plans, multimedia and computers are things we have to contract with everyday. Particularly the Internet is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody as it is one of the newest and most forward-looking media and surely “the” medium of the future. Therefore we consideration that it would be essential to think about some good and bad aspect of how this average influence us, what impacts it has on our social behavior and what the future will seem like. The Internet changed our life extremely; there is no doubt about that. There are many advantages of the Internet that show you the importance of this new medium. What I want to say is that Internet changed our life in a positive way. First we have to make a separation about the usage. You can use the Internet at home for individual or you at work for expert usage. Let’s come to the first. To spend a part of our day on the Internet is for many persons quite normal. They use this kind of average to get in order about all kinds topics. Maybe some of them are interested in chatting; almost positively they are members of a neighborhood. Whatever you are looking for, you will find it. Even if you want to have very precise information, you will find it in a short time. Usually, you often have to send a letter, than you have to wait for the reception of the respond, or you have to make some telephone calls and so on. In any case, the traditional way is the longer one. To put your own information on the Internet is also likely. Create your own homepage; tell other users about your happiness, what you desire, that’s no difficulty at all.

Regarding software

As we all know, software charge a lot, if you buy it lawful. Free software, free music is obtainable on the Internet. You just have to download the program, the mp3-file or whatever and that’s it. Why do you want to pay more as you need to? Particular websites are shaped just to give you the newest programs, or to tell you where you can get it from. Napster might actually be the most famous one. The computer is a fix part of every contemporary office and the most part has also an access to the Internet. Company already presents their products, their services on the Internet and so they get suppler. The next advantage I want to talk about is the faster development. Many universities and investigate institutions are also linked. They are able to exchange experiences, novelty and often they start new projects together. If they are linked, they can save time and money. Especially at the business sector knowledge is power. If you are the leader of a formation, of a skill or just of an idea you are able to make a lot of money. To get into this location, the Internet can play a necessary part. Company all over the world is online. If you want, it is no obscurity for you to swap experience, you will hear new belongings, you will see some facts from another point of view. For this cause you will find new solutions, new ways to go, so take this chance!“Learning by doing”, everybody knows this phrase and it’s still an essential part concerning the Internet. Children also use the Internet, most of the time they will “play” over the Internet, but they learn to work with the computer. There is only one way to learn something, you have to do it. Even it’s the first contact with the computer, after a few minutes the person will know that the computer-mouse is no animal organization on the check. He or she learns to write on the keyboard, to navigate, to open and close programs, to save data... within hours. Try to do that on a normal computer course for beginners, you will need more time and the most important fact, it’s not as humorous as surfing on the Internet and so they participant are less motivated.

Good sides of the Internet

In any case, everybody’s confidential situation is dissimilar. For many women their own children are the main reason for staying at home. Nowadays this won’t be a problem anymore, you can do work on your computer at home, called tale-working. Also men take this opportunity to work at home. What is the penalty, the reward of tale-working? Sure, if you have a family, you can spend more time at home; probably you can spend more time with your children. Next is, that you can put in order every day in the way you want to. Meeting at the company are reduced to a smallest amount. Tele-working is also an advantage for the owner of the company. Official studies substantiate that people who work at home are more enthused than their age group at the office. .You see, the Internet is really a very positive medium. Use the Internet and discover the advantages of this new, forward-looking medium! Another advantage of the internet is that you can join a community. You can create new social contacts all over the world, which you could not do so easy without the internet. Such communities can also help people who cannot go out to find friends in the real life because they are disabled. Therefore they can chat with other people via the internet. Sometimes it is also easier for people, who are afraid to look into the others face while talking, to chat with a person that they do not know. There is something between them which makes it easier for them to communicate. It also does not matter if you have a terrible appearance because you can pretend to be whatever you want. You can also change your gender and your age to talk about topics which you do not normally do. However, there are no time and place limitations and there are no boundaries, both geographical and following. You can chat with people in Australia and you have freedom of your mind in a way. Moreover the internet is much cheaper than the real life, e.g. phoning a friend in Australia costs more than to chat with him. From my point of view the e-mail has replaced the traditional letter. You do not have to buy stamp anymore and it is much earlier and also for free. You can also add files to your E-mail and that’s why a big data transfer is possible. Therefore you do not have to send disks with information around the world anymore and you have your in sequence in a digital way.

Provide internet

Another free overhaul of the internet is distribution SMS. You can save a lot of money if you do not send it with your mobile phone particularly from Austria to America. You also have the chance to register as a user. Then you can use more things, e.g. sending E-postcards, I-messages (messages between registered users), and lead an speak to book. You can also place your digital photos in the internet. With a password and a login name your friends in America can look at your photos without sending them to them. Another important part is online gaming. You can play with people from all over the world and share your information. In my opinion it’s more exiting to play with friends than playing alone. Additionally, another big advantage of the internet is the easy access to information. Online reference books and dictionaries replace the way to the bookshop or to the library. It is again cheaper to search for information in the internet than to buy a book that is old after one year. In the internet a lot of information is transformed and up to date. You can also find information which is very new and a book does not exist yet. Moreover you can read the daily newspapers from all over the world, sometimes for free. You do not have to buy them anymore. In addition, most newspaper sites have an archive in which you can search for old articles. However, the internet is also a big “advertising company”. A lot of enterprises have a homepage with ads and support opportunities. On some of them you can order products online. Then you do not have to go to the city anymore. You avoid coming in front of the cash because of a long queue. Moreover, you can get the newest stock exchange courses because the stock exchange in the Internet is always the most current one. You also have the aptitude to tell the computer to buy shares when the course is down. Besides you can learn with the internet. CBTs (Computer Based Training) already exist but you can also join an internet course with other members. Furthermore you can hold video conferences which mean that e.g. your teacher is sitting in his office in America and teaching you in Austria. This is very important in the medical sector because doctors from all over the world can join an operation. So specialists can give tips and help other doctors to complete the operation successfully. The enduring has not to wait until a specialist will come from America.

Enter to internet

Clicking on the Internet-Button is getting more and more exciting nowadays. Sometimes it is a real escapade not being certain if you have downloaded a virus or if it is only a hoax. You even cannot be sure to be alone if you are alone. Is there someone else working on my computer or is it only me? To have more safety you have to install a firewall, buy anti-virus-programmed and update them regularly. So you have to spend much money only for preventing a virus-caused breakdown or hacker-attacks. It is annoying not being sure if the money you have spent will prevent all those things or if there is already a new virus and a new way hacking into computers. This is no more an investment into safety it is a steady expenditure which will not end. Some people even have to take up a loan to buy a computer. They are forced to buy one. Otherwise they maybe would not be able to stay in their job. What will the poor people do? They will be hardly ever informed about news and the space between rich and poor will become bigger and bigger. Having downloaded the latest anti-virus-program it will not prevent meeting bad people on the internet. If you chat with someone you cannot be sure about the truth of his/her words. Most people cheat emotions, cheat about their appearance, age, job. That can be funny but if you want to meet someone talking to each other gravely it can be hard to do so. Is it a man, is it a woman or is it someone I already know? You never can be sure. Is that something on the other side already hack into my computer reading personal information? If you get to a web site of a bank – is it a real bank or only a faked one? There have to be some signs which identify an original website reliably. How can I be sure if I want to buy something on the web and send my credit card-number that nobody will read it? Imagine the following scene: You are surfing through the internet and suddenly – you are just downloading the latest screensaver of Verona Busch – the whole internet breaks down. What would you do? Trying to build your own internet? Worrying about the lack of Verona? Sitting in front of the computer to come for hours and looking into a black screen? Seriously, what would happen? I think most of the people would wait an hour or longer. Some people would stop existing because they have no real life. They only exist on the internet with their avatars in the chat rooms. They have given up reality for cyberspace. It is more practical for them because they do not need to ask someone to meet someone. The other one is just on the other end. Seriously speaking, I think people would not be glad about having to get out of their rooms. They feel uncomfortable about leaving their beloved computer. They do not know what to do. I think many even do not know any more how a book looks like or a typewriter. Besides losing our social abilities we are also losing our every-day-abilities. The computer is a nanny, a dictionary, an information center, a job, a shopping center. Nobody has to know anything about everyday business because the computer does it for us.