Internet - advantages and disadvantages

The Internet is a network without geographic boundaries that helped the globalization of the world.

Through the Internet we can access lots of information without leaving home.
The news sites let you know what happens anywhere in the world. We also can perform banking transactions, shopping, booking holidays or travel. Through the webcam we can see and talk with relatives who are away.

E-mail is an important tool for business or leisure that allows us to send messages to anywhere in the world.

The Internet also facilitates the approach of government to citizens.
In education the Internet has an important role as an educational and learning tool, it also offers the online courses at any virtual school or university.

The Internet fosters a new economy. New professions have emerged from the spread of provision of online services.

The network allows to access and share information on personal, professional or educational purposes.

But Internet it isn’t only advantages, it also has dangerous contents, fraud, false identities and virus. So you must be careful and responsible in order to benefit from the advantages of resources offered and recognize pitfalls that, for sure, exist.

Virgina Barreto (Grupo SC-05/09)