INTRODUCTION
We live in the information age, where knowledge is power. Internet has come to stay and it is happening. Lifestyles are changing. Newspapers are available on the web. Movie tickets can be booked online by logging into the relevant sites. Entertainment concepts are changing. One can watch movies, listen to songs simply by connecting to these sites while sitting at home. There are sites on every topic in the world.
BRIGHT SIDE
The Internet has significantly altered our lifestyle in several ways. It provides opportunities to roam the world and escape from the real world while sitting on the chair. By the constant repetition of certain themes and through powerful images of high technical quality, it is even conditioning many of us to think and behave in particular ways.
The Internet has its impact on supply chain management and customer relationship management, where e-commerce is playing an important role in automating customer relationship management, such as interactive voice systems where complaints can be dealt with in a short time. Banks are also changing their ways, such as introducing home banking and electronic funds transfer, where funds are transferred without physically going to clearinghouses. In the field of education, the concepts are changing from computer-based training to web-based training, such as e-gurukool, e-learning, online exams, etc. Then there is the virtual classroom concept where the lecture is broadcast over the Internet. Any questions that arise can be clarified through the concept of virtual classroom.
Channels are available on the Internet about everything and anything. The Internet has channels about jobs, personal, libraries, travel, art, computing, lifestyle, shopping, music, people, money, games, sports, etc. It is amazing to know the amount of information that is available on the Internet, through which information can be accessed in the best and cheapest way. Anything in this world can be accessed through the Internet these days. Similarly, email has revolutionized communication. Voicemail is where they record the voice and it is sent to the destination. Net-to-phone is where one can talk to anyone in the world at the cost of a local call.
New trends are imposed on the contemporary business landscape. Internet and networking techniques are redefining business as a whole and many are on the anvil for those interested in using them to gain a superior advantage who are well versed in technological and managerial aspects. Electronic commerce is a precursor in this regard.
NEGATIVE SIDE
There is no doubt about the positive role of the Internet. Similarly, there is also not only a consensus, but also a growing concern about its harmful effects. However, positive affects do not stick so easily and negative ones do not leave us so easily. Therefore, it is useful and appropriate to focus on the damaging role of the Internet in distorting our Indian culture and particularly influencing children who go to school and college at their highly impressionable age.
The role of the Internet in promoting vulgarity and undermining our family values and traditions is particularly concerning. The abuse of this extremely powerful medium leads us to question the absolute nature of certain liberal concepts such as freedom and choice when it comes to seeing what one wants. When private interests conflict with the larger issues of public morality and morality, there is a need to exercise freedom and choice with some restraint. If program producers cannot contain their commercial instincts, public authorities, parents, and elders must step in to collectively articulate their concerns and take action to prevent their ill effects.
SUGGESTIONS
o To mitigate the effects, reduce the time you spend watching TV. Children are required to watch only select shows for a fixed number of hours. Parents should make friends with their children and spend more time with them.
o Cultivate habits including reading. Parents should arouse their children’s curiosity and encourage reading and reading to them and telling them stories. Having pets and taking care of them would not only engage children in a nice way, but also instill kindness in animals.
o Encourage children to engage in outdoor activities and team games in natural settings.
o Parents should become good role models. Elders should strive to teach children social skills and help them communicate their problems without fear.
o Media viewing under parental supervision and proper regulation is the best way to prevent serious mishaps in children from viewing screens.
CONCLUSION
The media now run our society. Decide what people care about and how they behave. Because of the media, children are less interested in reading and education and more interested in killing brain cells while sitting on the couch looking at garbage. We as parents need to divert our attention away from TV and computer and focus more on other individuals, reading books, going to parks, spending time with friends and family, etc. Instead of giving children medication and sending them to more doctors and therapists, we should reduce the number of electronic devices that run their daily lives. People need contact with other people to lead a happy and healthy life. Basically, it is the responsibility of the parents to control what their children watch and how often they play video games and access the Internet. Then the government should really regulate laws to reduce inappropriate content on television, the Internet, or video games. There must be an access control device on any inappropriate TV or Internet content not only for children but also for adults.
