The Influence of Internet on Our Lives

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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Abstract.
The usage of internet in the current era has heightened greatly leaving people with no option but
to rely on it in doing their businesses. Many businesses are being done online, transactions and
purchasing as well as marketing. In this concept the discussed concepts are such to why people
use the internet? ways in which people have become entirely dependent on the internet and the
effects of the internet on academic studies. The aim of this research is explaining briefly how
internet has influenced our lives.
Introduction
Internet has been known as a global network that has been used by thousands and millions of
people in connecting to the world. Internet was established by the department of defense in USA
in the early 1960s and today there are over 20 million people who uses the internet with more
then 30,000 networks which has spread over 100 nations all over the world. Internet is a tool that
has become a huge electronic bridge as it offers provisions of instant access to the news and
information globally (Jackson, 2012). There are DBs, docs, files and programs which sits on the
internet platform and this contains large volume of information. Internet has grown to the extent
where one can search the up to date information with regards to stock market activities, weather
forecast news, latest music, finding a recipe, online banking among many other. Internet can be
defined as the electronic communication platform of networks that is used to connect computer
networks and the computer facilities in the organization globally (Webster, 2017). The essay
aims at discussing the reason to as why people use the internet, the impact on the dependency on
the internet and the internet effects on one study.
Why People Use Internet?
There are so many reasons on the basis to as why people use internet. Internet has greatly
influenced to the way we work or even live. People have used this platform in so many ways.
People may browse the internet platform so that they can get information using search engines
such as Google, yahoo and Bing. Secondly, internet can be used as platform for social
networking where people can converse easily with their families and even friends. Thirdly,
internet can be used for communication through such platforms such as the Skype, GTalk etc.
Fourthly, internet through the use of emails, yahoo mail and AOL one can be able to send and