Internet Good Or Not Good: Impact On The Young People

Name: Professor’s Name: Course: Date: Internet Good or not Good Blinka, Lukas. The “good” and the “bad” of the internet: Studying subjective well-being as an outcome of young people’s online practices. University of Tartu Press. 2013. In his article titled The “good” and the “bad” of the internet: Studying subjective well-being as an outcome of young people’s online practices, Lukas an academic is quick to offer his piece on this issue of the internet and its impact to the world. He centers his study on the young people who he correctly describes as the most prominent group of internet users. Lukas is a man who believes in research, and his article is evidence enough. He takes his readers slowly through his article and states the problem of his study. From this point, he slowly embarks on a serious yet evidence packed elucidation of his topic. Lukas then proceeds to show the good side of the internet and then slowly embarks on a journey which shows the bad side of the internet. The article is indeed relevant in this debate and Lukas makes some great points noting how blogging and information accessibility are made increasingly possible with the internet. However, he also talks about the bad of the internet by noting how it may lead to the deterioration of social ties as well as the separation of people from natural experience. I, therefore, believe his article will be a great addition to my research. Carr, Nicholas. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. S.l.: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. Internet resource. Nicholas Carr is the man responsible for the question “Is Google Making Us Stupid.” In his widely celebrated article in the Atlantic Monthly, Carr helped the world to see how increased reliance on Google and other search engines is making people sacrifice their innate ability to read, think critically, as well as creativity. In his book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, Carr is presenting some great points as he looks at the society objectively and the impact the internet has had on it. He provides his readers with an obvious but often ignored contrast by showing the big difference between books and the internet. With books, he reveals how we were forced to go sequentially while being deeply engaged which is the opposite with the internet which expects speed when it comes to consuming information. He notes how people today are good at scanning and skimming through documents but unknowingly to them they are losing on concentration, reflection, and contemplation. If anyone deserves a platform to discuss the internet and its effects or impact is Nicholas Carr. This man made the world to think and rethink their increased dependence on Google. Here, however, he expands his wings and challenges the world and its over-reliance on the internet. There is no doubt that his work needs to be in my article. Coombs, Danielle S, and Simon Collister. Debates for the Digital Age: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Our Online World. , 2016. Print. Coombs, an associate director and associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University, partnered with Collister, a senior lecturer in the School of Media at London College of Communication to deliver this masterpiece. Being people who often interact and use the internet, Coombs and Collister seem like individuals whose opinion should indeed be taken with the weight it deserves. Having seen how books on technology become obsolete fast, the two authors sought to present their readers with a piece that will remain relevant over a long period. The focus of this book is on the impact the internet has had on the modern day society as well as people’s lives. Organized in two phases, th...