Psychology of the Internet

Now days everyone of us know and use internet but do we really understand what consequences it has and what kind of changes it makes on our behavior and thinking.

For starters, most of us would agree that Internet is the best place to find all kinds of information. With few right words and a mouse click you can find everything you need, but is it always a good thing? Online you can find so many pictures or videos that contain aggressive behavior against people or animals. The worst thing is that all this information is available to kids and young people who are very easily influenced to do certain things. Kids learn to be aggressive when they see violence.

What is more, I think that social networks and all kinds of chat rooms are an interesting subject too. In this kind of network places person can be whoever he or she wants. Sometimes this can be a good thing, people who are not very secured of their selves and are struggling with their social life feel much better when nobody can see them and then they can talk to people, that they would never talk live. But I strongly believe that this is not a solution to this kind of self confidence problems. In some way these people create a new personality and this is not who they really are. I think that social networking can never change live communication; people who are used to talking online have difficulty interacting with live people.

Furthermore, these days one of the most popular things among young people is video games. There are some people who just live in front of their computer. This kind of people does not really have any social life. Besides, it is hard for them to adapt in simple social situations.

All in all, although Internet can be very helpful it can cause some damage too. I believe that such an easy access to pages that contain violence is not good for kids. Besides, I think that live communication when you can actually see other person and interact with him is much more valuable than any kind of social networking.