Pros and Cons of the Internet
Hello Class. Today's lesson will be on the internet. Yes, most of us would be very bored and not-well connected with the world with out the internet. And if you think about it, we have very few restrictions regarding the internet. Although the inception of the internet is not that recent, in relative terms, it is. Other than blatant offenses, most people can post anything to everything on the internet. One can easily go into google and learn access any type of information from how to make pipe bombs to how to cook an authentic Cajun Jumbo soup in 15 minutes. However, as more and more people start to take advantages of the internet "freedom" I feel that just like the restrictions on porn (So-Jin's blog), there will be more and more restrictions to come in the future. One way the government can impose such marxist ideals to control what's popular in the mass is by forming a business for everything. I found and article talking about how people can now watch movies on the internet by subscribing to this site. Before, savy techies would upload bootleg versions for free that lacked in quality; however, with the advent of these new internet businesses that offer legal products of high quality, more people are willing to pay for such novelties. This causes a problem for some whose business depends on non-internet accesss products: Korean video stores. Even our class, we watch bootleg versions of Korean dramas without paying for them. So I leave the class with a question. Are people going too far with this internet access products? Should there be some limitation to what things can be sold on the internet and some things that must be acquired through physical means? I feel like with everything at our fingertips with the internet, peopel are getting so lazy. True, technology is convenient but I personally think it also kills society. The popular culture of today's youth is not to go out and exercise but try to level up in a fictional computer game. So yea, don't spend too much time living in cyber world and go out peoples! This world has so much to offer.
posted by deeKoh @ 9:24 PM
3 Comments:
I think that the ability to download shows and movies on the internet - especially ones like we watch for this class, which would be difficult to get access to otherwise - is one of the greatest things about the internet. I know if I had to run to some video rental place downtown each week (or even to the library for that matter) to rent the dramas and music videos, I would have been much less inclined to take this class. Though I agree that the internet does provide an awfully big incentive for people to sit around all day, I think that it also offers us many great opportunities to connect with the world outside our own backyards.
I agree with David's post. Some times it's just so much more convenient to shoot a friend an email than to call or visit him/her. Same for doing group projects. Sometimes, busy schedules make it hard for members of a group to meet for a project, and instead of face to face interaction, email and online chatting replace the need to meet up.
It seems that our society is all about making things more convenient and impersonal(translation: people are getting lazier). Online food-ordering and shopping services make heading out to Fro Gro or the mall a thing of the past. One could literally stay locked in his/her room 24/7 and order in food. Lecture notes are available online, assignments can be turned in through email or Blackboard.. it's about getting connected and wired.
But I think in today's society of convenience and online communication, face to face interaction becomes more prized and a rarer commodity.
Hmm....I don't know it is quite possible to get good quality fansubs off the internet and with the high-speed internet connections in our dorms its relatively fast (a few hours). Most of the stuff I needed for this class I just downloaded instead of running to the library. The trick is just to plan ahead if you want to watch high quality fansubs.
About video rentals, I think that they will gradually become a thing of the past so it is reasonable for it to get phased out. Before the internet I used to borrow Asian movies/dramas from Chinese video stores but the variety was very limited.
Finally, the internet is essential for us non-Koreans b/c the stuff you get at Korean video rentals might not have subs and the internet is usually much faster as instead of waiting weeks for the next episode, an episode can be subbed in a week or few days.
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