Internet is the most powerful invention and if used in the positive direction, internet can prove to be very productive. But, these days, due to the social networking sites such as Facebook taking over, internet is producing adverse effects on the students, especially those students studying in college. As it is rightly said, something that has some positive effects also has some of the negative effects on the other hand. In this article, we are discussing the top 10 negative effects that internet produces on the students.
10. No Face to Face Communication
When students are very much indulged in the usage of internet, they might not be able to achieve face to face communication with the friends and the family. There are many instances where students talk to each other on Facebook the entire day and they are in front of each other in reality, they react like they do not even know each other. This is a great disadvantage of internet as this reduces face to face communication among the students. Even the family is ignored by such students and they tend to sit in front of their laptops or desktops the entire day.
9. Thinking Capacity Reduced
These days, whenever teacher gives assignments to students, they tend to search it on the internet and copy down the facts. But, this is not the right thing to down. This would reduce their thinking capacity and they just cram the facts listed on the internet. This also makes students lazier. If this thing continues in the future as well, chances are there that students would not do anything on their own and just cram what is given on internet, they would not even try to think whether the matter given there is actually correct or not.
8. Sexual Exploitation
According to a study conducted by University of Florida, the students who use internet two to three hours on a daily basis are likely to fall a prey to sexual exploitation. With the advent of internet, exploiting small