The Internet and Our LifeThere is a big influence of technique on our daily Electronic devices， multimedia and computers are things we have to deal with Especially the Internet is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody as it is one of the newest and most forward-looking media and surely “the” medium of the Therefore we thought that it would be necessary to think about some good and bad aspects of how this medium influences us， what impacts it has on our social behaviour and what the future will look The Internet changed our life enormously， there is no doubt about There are many advantages of the Internet that show you the importance of this new What I want to say is that Internet changed our life in a positive First we have to make a differentiation concerning the You can use the Internet at home for personal or you at work for professional Let’s come to the To spend a part of our day on the Internet is for many people quite They use this kind of medium to get information about all kinds Maybe some of them are interested in chatting， probably they are members of a Whatever you are looking for， you will find Even if you want to have very specific information， you will find it in a short Normally， you often have to send a letter， than you have to wait for the reception of the reply， or you have to make some telephone calls and so In any case， the traditional way is the longer To put your own information on the Internet is also Create your own homepage， tell other users about your interests， what you want， that’s no problem at As we all know， software costs a lot， if you buy it Free software， free music is available on the I You just have to download the program， the mp3-file or whatever and that’s Why do you want to pay more as you need to? Special websites are created just to give you the newest programs， or to tell you where you can get it Napster might actually be the most famous The computer is a fix part of every modern office and the greatest part has also an access to the I Companies already present their products， their services on the Internet and so they get more The next advantage I want to mention is the faster Many universities and research institutions are also They are able to exchange experiences， novelties and often they start new projects If they are linked， they can save time and Especially at the business sector knowledge is If you are the leader of a product， of a technology or just of an idea you are able to make a lot of To get into this position， the Internet can play an essential Companies all over the world are If you want， it is no problem for you to exchange experiences， you will hear new things， you will see some facts from another point of For this reason you will find new solutions， new ways to go， so take this chance!“Learning by doing”， everybody knows this phrase and its still an essential part concerning the I Children also use the Internet， most of the time they will “play” over the Internet， but they learn to work with the There is only one way to learn something， you have to do Even it’s the first contact with the computer， after a few minutes the person will know that the computer-mouse is no animal running on the He or she learns to write on the keyboard， to navigate， to open and close programs， to save within Try to do that on a normal computer course for beginners， you will need more time and the most important fact， it’s not as funny as surfing on the Internet and so they participants are less Let’s change over to another positive effect of the IIn any case， everybody’s private situation is For many women their own children are the main reason for staying at Nowadays this won’t be a problem any more， you can do work on your computer at home， called tele- Also men take this opportunity to work at What are the consequences， the advantages of tele-working? Sure， if you have a family， you can spend more time at home， probably you can spend more time with your Next is， that you can organize every day in the way you want Meetings at the company are reduced to a Tele-working is also an advantage for the owner of the Official studies substantiate that people who work at home are more motivated than their colleagues at the You see， the Internet is really a very positive Use the Internet and discover the advantages of this new， forward-looking medium!Another advantage of the internet is that you can join a You can create new social contacts all over the world， which you could not do so easy without the Such communities can also help people who can not go out to find friends in the real life because they are Therefore they can chat with other people via the Sometimes it is also easier for people， who are afraid to look into the other’s face while talking， to chat with a person that they do not There is something between them which makes it easier for them to It also does not matter if you have a terrible appearance because you can pretend to be whatever you You can also change your gender and your age to talk about topics which you do not normally However， there are no time and place limitations and there are no boundaries， both geographical and You can chat with people in Australia and you have freedom of your mind in a Moreover the internet is much cheaper than the real life， phoning a friend in Australia costs more than to chat with From my point of view the e-mail has replaced the traditional You do not have to buy stamps anymore and it is much faster and also for You can also add files to your E-mail and that’s why a big data transfer is Therefore you do not have to send disks with information around the world anymore and you have your information in a digital Another free service of the internet is sending SMS You can save a lot of money if you do not send it with your mobile phone especially from Austria to A You also have the opportunity to register as a Then you can use more things， sending E-postcards， I-messages (messages between registered users)， and lead an address You can also place your digital photos in the With a password and a login name your friends in America can look at your photos without sending them to Another important part is online You can play with people from all over the world and share your In my opinion it’s more exiting to play with friends than playing Additionally， another big advantage of the internet is the easy access to Online reference books and dictionaries replace the way to the bookshop or to the It is again cheaper to search for information in the internet than to buy a book， that is old after one In the internet a lot of information is renewed and up to You can also find information which is very new and a book does not exist Moreover you can read the daily newspapers from all over the world， sometimes for You do not have to buy them In addition， most newspaper sites have an archive in which you can search for old However， the internet is also a big “advertising company” A lot of enterprises have a homepage with ads and support On some of them you can order products Then you do not have to go to the city You avoid waiting in front of the cash because of a long Moreover， you can get the newest stock exchange courses because the stock exchange in the Internet is always the most current You also have the ability to tell the computer to buy shares when the course is Besides you can learn with the CBTs (Computer Based Training) already exist but you can also join an internet course with other Furthermore you can hold videoconferences which means that your teacher is sitting in his office in America and teaching you in AThis is very important in the medical sector because doctors from all over the world can join an So specialists can give tips and help other doctors to complete the operation The patient has not to wait until a specialist will come from ABut this is only available because of the internet 2 which is much The internet is a database full of information and offers us a lot of services， sometimes for This makes our life easier and sometimes also All in all I think that the internet is very useful especially for
