The Power of Internet

 “The internet provides many conveniences for modern life but these are outweighed by the dangers it presents.”

NO.	PARAGRAPH TOPIC	BRIEF EXPLANATION
1	1st – INTRODUCTION	-          Definition of internet, and general use in nowadays life. -          Introduce the issue of people debating about the good and the bad of the internet. -          Thesis statement: This essay will give a little insight about the advantages and disadvantages of both impacts.
2	2nd – CONVENIENCES OF INTERNET	Major Support 1: -          Easy to get information, knowledge, and learning. Minor: E-learning, E-book, Google. Major Support 2: -          Communication become possible, unlimited by distance. Minor: Line, WhatsApp, Skypee. Major Support 3: -          Cashless transaction, and online shopping. Minor: OVO, Tokopedia, Shoppee.
3	3rd – DANGERS OF INTERNET	Major Support 1: -          Internet scamming is everywhere. Major Support 2: -          Personal info or any important data that are stored are vulnerable to be stolen. Minor: Cyber hacking, fake ID. Major Support 3: -          Inappropriate content that could destroy morality. Minor:  Pornography, Sex Online Website.
4	4th – CONCLUSION	-          Summary of both impacts -          State my opinion about the Internet impacts.

 

Internet. Who doesn’t know about it?

Internet is a tool that we’ve been using for so much in our life, that it can even be considered as something that we cannot live without. It can’t be denied that internet has been very useful for people. It helps us to do so many things that we aren’t able to do before. Whether you’re looking for a recipe, a new house, a new job, a scholarship, or even just for entertainment, it’s all there. Now, because of this wide capability that the internet has, people have been giving opinion about the possibility that internet could create. Some argue that people nowadays depend too much on the internet, that it leads to the crisis of identity. Contrastly, some also state that internet has helped people so much in terms of communication, gaining information, etc. This essay will be discussing about the advantages and disadvantages of both impacts.

First, the internet is a world-wide bank of information. With the internet, people are able to get an information in a blink of an eye. Curious on how to play a guitar? You could search for it on Youtube. Searching for books with another language? Simply search the e-book. Unlimited knowledge that you desire to know is there. Internet has also a tool that connects all people around the world. People don’t need to go to a public place to contact someone. Many application supported by the internet such as Line, WhatsApp, or Skype helps people to connect with each other unlimited by distance. Other than that, internet has also revolutionized the way people trade. Through online shopping such as Tokopedia, Shoppee, etc. it is unnecessary for people to go to a market anymore.

However, some people also believe that the internet has caused a lot of bad impacts. One of the reason is that using internet, people now could easily hide their real identity and performing so many internet scamming, tricking people into paying an amount of money to their bank account. Some other reason regarding identity is that with a knowledge of the online security and some coding, people are able to perform a hacking and stole confidential information or personal information of someone. Another example of the bad use of internet is that people could access easily to a website with inappropriate contents that could destroy their morality.

In conclusion, we can see that internet could both cause a good thing and bad impacts on our life. It could either helps us so much with the ease of gaining information, or it could also be misused and threaten the confidentiality of our life. In my opinion, internet has provided us with a lot of sophisticated features to ease our daily life needs. Consequently, this capability could also leads us to the danger of privacy, such as personal information stealing. Therefore, internet is the best source for us to get so many knowledge on condition that we are aware about the dangers itself.