How has the Internet Influenced You?

Power of The Internet over me

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It's obvious the internet has made a huge impact on my life. It has shaped my life so rapidly that sometimes I fail to realize how much of a slave I am to it- this blog is going to talk about 2 ways the internet has influenced the person I am today and the decisions I've made in the past and will make in the near future. 

Research and Reading

Being a college student it makes most sense for me to talk about this first. Back in the day when a student was given an assignment- the first thing done was a trip to the library to borrow a book. After which one would spend several hours reading through fat books with heavy and sometimes complicated material, if he/she would come across an unfamiliar word they would have to get hold of a dictionary and search through the vast vocabulary. Once research was complete the next thing to do would be to actually start writing the paper or creating some form of presentation system to submit to the teacher. Undoubtedly completing an assignment back then was hard work.

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  Nowadays things work quite differently. When I'm given a topic to research- I don't bother to go to the library because information is at the tips of my fingers. I can be in the comfort of my own house, and be one Google-search away from having everything I need to complete the paper. Everything unlike books is so organized and formatted- Through high school Wikipedia was my number one to go site but I've realized that in college Professors prefer if you keep Wikipedia out of it. So I've started using Web of Science, it has access to so many journals dated up to 300 years ago. I can digitally store and share all my information. If I ever need to know the meaning of a word I can instantly look it up on Google or if I want to type/ design my paper I have so many free open source software ready for me. The internet has changed how I do my homework and learn by a great deal. 

Communication

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The internet is partly responsible for me studying here at K-State. Without the internet I would've never been able to contact my admission director and get actual help and advice. The reason I decided it's okay for me to move all the way here from home is because I knew I wouldn't miss my family too much because I can always call, text or Skype with them. Its obviously not the same as an actual face-to-face conversation but it's pretty close. We no longer have to use snail-mail or telegrams to get letters across the world- Email will do the same function within a matter of a few seconds. The internet provides us with so many options to stay in touch with the society- text, Skype, call, email, tweet, Facebook: comment/reply/message and the list goes on. The future of communication lies in the hands of the internet and the internet is going to take us far places.