Internet Culture, Communication Opportunities, Its Advantages/ Disadvantages

Modern life and business has become easier thanks to the contribution of the Internet technology however it was not created overnight. It took a long time until networks could be connected together. From here the Internet has had a tremendous impact all over the world. The Internet not only allows for ease communication but also ensures easy availability of information, images and products among other things. Every day the Internet continues to provide a new facility, something new that is immensely convenient and that makes life easier for many people.

The foremost target of Internet has always been the communication. And Internet has excelled beyond the expectations. Now we can communicate in a fraction of second with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world. It is the main communication tool for everyone, like business people, who communicate with their partners; for students, who can discuss school assignments with their classmates and so on. And luckily there are many opportunities for communication, for example you can send an e-mail in a second, then there are such a service like Messenger, where you can talk with friends and if you want you can also make a video call, and almost the same is a Skype too, with some difference. Then we can find a tremendous amount of forums, where different people from all over the world can discuss and share their thoughts and information. Very popular communication sites for young people are orkut, facebook, rate, Twitter and so on. However, like every single innovation in science and technology, communication on the Internet has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages
The main advantage is that e-mail facility has allowed people to communicate with minimum wastage of time. It is now possible to send a message to any part of the world through a simple e-mail address and the message is delivered in a matter of seconds. This has helped businesses to expand and simply communicate with their customers and salesmen and certainly it has facilitate exercise the subscriptions. Then there is a Skype, it has helped to ease personal communication, for example many big companies use it for video conferencing. Other use Messenger to make video calls or just to talk with friends, family. These services are free, simple and quick.

Disadvantages
Many people all over the world use Messenger, it is a great place to communicate but it has a bad side too. You can get viruses from that, which can wreck havoc in the system and cause a lot of damage. Popular sites like orkut, facebook and rate are places were usually people put up their pictures. But sometimes these websites could bring along bad consequences. For example many employers search pictures and accounts of employees from the Internet, and when employer find inappropriate pictures it could minimize opportunity to get a job. The other problem is that you can meet there with different people, and at first a person, you start to communicate, seems so great and friendly but when you decide to meet with him/her, this person turns out to be something else that you expected, it could be even a maniac.

Internet culture changes and spreads all the time and with culture, communication opportunities change also and they always will have some advantages and disadvantages. Nobody can do something without drawbacks.