IMPROVEMENT IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM: The internet has helped in now small measure in improving and simplifying communication all over the world. For example, the electronic ( E-mail) is an online correspondence system that can conveniently be used to send and receive electronic messages instantly. You don't need to wait for ages for the reply of our traditional letters sent through post office. So many messenger services are available that facilitate the establishment of global friendship across the globe where ideas and thoughts can be shared.
SOURCES OF GETTING INFORMATION: the internet has made it greatly possible for people to obtain information on any topic of their interest. Interestingly, those information one obtains from the internet are highly reliable and authoritative. The "search engines" on the internet is a dependable source of getting useful information on any subject of interest.
ENHANCEMENT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING: The internet also provides the means through which so many people interact and know each other. it has equally helped to foster mutually beneficial relationships across the globe. A social network can be established on the internet by accessing the "chart rooms" on the web.
CREATING OF WEALTH: It might sound strange to state here that a lot of the people have made legal money on the internet through the provision of some services such as web design, online banking, blogging, hotel reservations etc.
PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE: it helps in the improvement of knowledge and attainment of alternative skills.
PROVISION OF FREE MATERIALS: The internet has helped a lot of people to download some expensive and useful materials such as educational materials, music, games and what have you free of charge.
IT FACILITATES ONLINE SHOPPING: Online shopping is now made relatively easier through the internet. You may stay in the comfort of your home and do all your shopping, payment can be effected using credit card or any other prescribed method of payment.
DISADVANTAGES OF THE INTERNET
IT CREATES ROOM FOR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES: there are a lot of fraudulent activities taking place on the internet. A lot of people have been robbed of their resources by those who have access to some information concerning them, such as name, address, etc.
IT MAKES PHISHING POSSIBLE: phishing is an online scam that makes use of e-mail to "fish" for private information of users by way of imitating legitimate companies. What they perpetrators do is to look for a way of getting user - name, passwords, account information, credit card information or anything the user does on the web. they work on those information to defraud the legitimate owner.
IT IS A SOURCE OF IMMORAL ACTIVITIES: the internet has unfortunately become a source of immoral activities through pornographic sites. The young ones are through act of commission and omission imbibed wrong and inglorious values which eventually play a negative role in their lives.
IF AFFECTS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: this is engendered by the fact that a log of students have made it a habit to use the time meant for study to surf the internet. The resultant effect is falling standard of education and poor academic performance.
IT CREATES ROOM FOR SPAMMING: spamming is an act of sending unsolicited bulk e-mails to people, these mails may not really be useful to the people sent to, thus they occupy valuable space on the computer.
IT BREEDS FOREIGN INFLUENCE: one of the major disadvantages of the internet is that it breads foreign and of course importation of foreign influence and of course importation of foreign culture. Examples are abound, in the mode of dressing. If you look around, our young girls are virtually walking nude on the street in the name of fashion and some with drawings on their bodies, generally called tattoo. to a very large extent it has killed our culture and values.
PROVISION OF VIRUSES: some of the materials we download from the internet such as music, games, videos, pictures, etc have viruses attached to them. Viruses are very dangerous and they are capable of destroying the computer system no matter how powerful. For the benefit of doubt a virus can be described as a computer program written by programmers in diverse languages. A virus can prevent a computer from booting.
