The pros and cons of teenagers using the Internet

1. Benefits of the Internet:

(1) It can broaden their horizons. The Internet has a large amount of information, fast information exchange, and high degree of freedom. It has realized global information sharing. Young people can obtain their own needs online, browse the world online, understand the world, and understand the world's latest news information and scientific and technological trends. , the liberalization of young people's online communication and making friends has made the field of young people's communication unprecedentedly broad, greatly broadened their horizons, and brought great convenience and fun to their study and life.

(2) It can strengthen external exchanges. The Internet has created a new virtual world. In this new world, each member can transcend the constraints of time and space, easily connect and communicate with people they know or do not know, and discuss topics of common interest. The "virtual" nature of online communication avoids the friction and harm caused by face-to-face communication, thus providing a new communication venue for people to satisfy their emotional needs and obtain information. Teenagers' access to the Internet can further expand the time and space for teenagers to communicate with others and realize the liberalization of communication and making friends.

(3) It can promote the personalized development of teenagers. The world is rich and colorful, and human development should also be colorful. The Internet is an environment that provides unlimited and diverse development opportunities. Teenagers can find their own development direction online and can also get resources and motivation for development. He can learn, research and even innovate using the Internet. This kind of learning is the most efficient learning.

(4) It can promote the academic performance of young people. It is starting to become a reality that resources on the Internet can help students find the right learning materials and even the right schools and teachers. What is worth mentioning here is that there are many students with learning difficulties who do not complain at all when learning computers and making web pages. It can be seen that their backwardness is mainly due to their personality types and aptitudes that are not suitable for a certain teaching model. It can be said that the Internet provides these "poor students" with a vast world to display their talents.

(5) Expanding the space for education for today’s youth. The Internet has a large amount of information and fast communication speed. With the development of the times, it is attracting more and more young people. It has also become the main means for young people to seek knowledge. Therefore, strengthening the education of young people through the Internet has become a necessity for the current *** Youth League work. Our city has launched the Yantai Youth website this year, and has carried out a series of online knowledge quizzes, knowledge competitions on the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Party, youth cross-century forums and other colorful activities online through the Yantai Youth Network, further promoting the city's youth education work .

(6) The Internet provides new channels for young people to obtain various information. Obtaining information is the number one purpose for teenagers to go online. At present, teenagers have a wide range of concerns. Traditional media can no longer satisfy so many points of interest of teenagers in a timely manner. The Internet's large information capacity meets the needs of teenagers to the greatest extent and provides them with the richest information resources. Nowadays, the Internet is becoming the best source for teenagers to obtain all kinds of information.

2. Disadvantages of teenagers using the Internet:

(1) It is addiction. Many young students have been addicted to the Internet for a long time, and some have developed Internet symptoms. It has led to mental and physical illnesses among young students, affecting the healthy growth of young people.

(2) It is a problem with some unhealthy outlets. There are some websites on the Internet that promote pornographic, violent and other content, as well as some politically reactionary websites. Parents are most worried about their children being easily influenced by them.

(3) It is the problem of neglecting studies. Teenagers have poor self-control and are not good at making choices. They are very likely to indulge in online browsing and neglect their studies. This issue cannot be ignored.

Different from real social life, what teenagers face online is a virtual world. It not only meets the needs of teenagers to possess all kinds of information as soon as possible, but also leaves a broad space for imagination for interpersonal communication, and they do not have to bear the burden of real life. pressure and responsibility. These characteristics of the virtual world make many teenagers prefer to indulge in illusory environments all day long rather than face real life. Unrestricted time spent online will have a great impact on daily study and life, and may even lead to the abandonment of studies.

(4) It induces juvenile delinquency. The content on the Internet is mixed, especially the unhealthy content of some reactionary superstitions and websites, which make young people who are already in the formative period of their outlook on life and values ??unable to distinguish between true good, likes and evils, and lack the ability to judge right and wrong. This leads young people to go astray and take the wrong path. On the road to crime. At present, the harm of the Internet to young people mainly focuses on two points. One is that some people commit crimes such as fraud or sexual assault; the other is the harm of pornographic garbage to young people. According to a survey by relevant experts, 47% of the non-academic information on the Internet is related to pornography. The Internet makes it easier to spread pornographic content. According to incomplete statistics, although 60% of teenagers are inadvertently exposed to pornographic information on the Internet, teenagers with weak self-control often further search for similar information out of curiosity or impulsiveness, and become deeply involved in it. The survey also shows that more than 90% of teenagers who have been exposed to pornographic content on the Internet have committed sexual crimes or motives.

(5) It is a problem of making friends online. Online dating and chatting are currently the main purpose of teenagers surfing the Internet. Through questionnaire analysis, 11.5% of teenagers have met netizens, 56.3% have never met, and 32.2% have occasional contact. Online dating is carried out in a "back-to-back" situation, which can easily cause teenagers to have psychological reactions of lying and virtuality. Meeting netizens is potentially extremely dangerous. In our city, five college students were raped after meeting netizens. events. Therefore, careless online dating can easily infringe on the self-interests of young people.

(6) The Internet poses a potential threat to young people’s outlook on life, values ??and world view. The Internet is a boundless "net" with rich but complex content, good and bad. Young people are frequently exposed to Western propaganda, cultural ideas, etc. on the Internet, which makes their minds precipitate Chinese traditional cultural concepts and our country's mainstream consciousness. Conflicts arise, causing young people to tilt their values ??and even blindly follow the West. In the long run, it will have a subtle influence on the outlook on life and ideology of our country's young people, and it is obviously a potentially huge threat to the country's political stability. Agree 50 | Comments (6)