Title : Teenagers cannot survive without the net

By farah affandy

            The internet which is born after the invention of computers has brought us to a whole new and era especially in the 21^st century. Can you ever imagine how many people accessing it every day? It is true that more than trillions of people are using it every day for various reasons and purposes. In this era, people especially the teenagers, are undeniably depending on the internet for their prime source of information, socializing virtually and also, online shopping.

           

            The internet is one of the survival needs of the teenagers nowadays because of the sources of information. The information can be obtain here can be as simple as a how to cook chicken curry and can be as hard as your university assignments. Besides that, the internet is use as the transactive memory for us where we can always look up for it when we are forgetting some information. People tend to have everything to be ‘google’ than find it in mountains of books in the library as it more convenient.

            Secondly, the role of the internet provides a platform for the teenagers to socialize. There are many social networking sites such as the facebook, twitter and myspace, which allow you to communicate and interact with other people. Of course, the long distance communication is possible now and no longer expensive and affordable as we can easily interact with families and friends using Skype, Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk.

            The internet also benefits the business world as there are online shops on the internet that do not require the customers to go to the specific shops to buy things. The teenagers are using the internet for online shopping to get things that are not available in their country and limited items such as mudah.my or even on ebay. For those who are shopaholics, one of your hobby must be browsing through the clothes online especially zalora, sally shopping and luvclothes.com.

            All in all, for the purposes of seeking information, socializing and also online shopping the internet is a survival need of teenagers today.