Causes Why Teenagers Can't Survive Without the Internet (Essay)

Bryan Yeo PE 17994
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               The Internet is at its prime. Millions surf the web daily at a substantial speed. As so, it is a norm, especially for teenagers, to engage in such a tool so frequently. The reasons to why teenagers can’t survive without the Internet leads to the Internet’s role as an information highway, social interaction media, and escapism.

                Firstly, teenagers can’t survive without Internet because they depend on information the Internet feeds them, for academics and for personal agendas. Young adults, especially at secondary and tertiary level of education, require details and sources in completing their school projects. In addition, they too count on the Internet to search media such as songs and videos to fill the void in their free time. For example, students frequent ‘Wikipedia.com’ for its massive information database and ‘Youtube.com’ for the latest and trending videos. Thus, teenagers require the Internet to stay awake for their daily dose of reality relief.

                Next, teenagers are at the most, extrovert people, thus rely on the Internet for social communication, apart from finding information. Teenagers constantly need to engage in conversation due to their active nature. Therefore, they thrive on sites and tools that allow them talk and chat with other users on the net. Without the Internet, teenagers would have to spend more money on sms’es and talk-times on their phones over long distance communications. As a clue, teenagers are mostly using Facebook as their communication means between friends and families.

                Finally, the Internet becomes a form of escapism for teenagers, which spells trouble if teenagers are left without the Internet. As their assignments and boredom increases, teenagers start to seek activities to ‘escape’ from the real world. This for example can just be either playing games or reading novels, e-books to be exact. Moreover, teenagers could become frustrated if they can’t release their tension or boredom if the Internet were ever to cease to exist.

                As a conclusion, adolescences can’t do without the Internet mainly due to obtaining information, social communications and relieving stress.