topic 2 week 1 c

The internet has had huge implications on society, and transformed the way we live our lives in a similar way to the television. The internet drives the way we live in terms of the velocity of receiving information, being able to communicate with ease, and accessing any information at any given time. The Internet creates new ways for citizens to communicate, congregate, and share information of a social nature. It is obvious that the Internet has and will continue to change the way we live. How it is changed, and how it will continue to change our lives, is the reason for so many debates around the topic. There was and continues to be much hype surrounding the net and what you are able to do with it. Everyone and anything with access uses the internet for any given reason, from stock markets, to social interaction, to finding out the latest news stories. It has been publicised that some users become so obssesed with the internet that it becomes their life, and they spend their lives on there. This vision of 'utopia' that the internet has seems to be a growing trend. However, moralistically, many parents feel their children are exposed to things that aren't suitable, such as pornography and violence. The execution of Saddam Hussein was even broadcast live on the internet, which sparked huge public debate. Recently, the police used the internet to track gun owners and drug users through sites like facebook and youtube. It has been said on the BBC Website today that all homes will have broadband in them by 2012. This shows how the internet is continuing to develop, adapt and increase its stranglehold on contemporary society.