外国语学院
2012级英语三班
王雅松
学号：201205010307
What is the dominant means of spreading information, the books or the Internet?
With the rapid growth of our society and the whole world, we have entered an era of explosive information. Everyday when you weak up, it is nearly impossible to avoid being exposed to all kinds of fresh news or information, whether it’s politics, economics, social issues or just some sorts of hilarious entertainment scandal. It seems we are living inside the “news”.
So, how do these new coins slip into our daily life? Many scholars argue they are from books, various kinds of books. In their minds, nearly everything related to knowledge or maybe just words, comes from the “thick papers”. Sure, they are correct. Without books, humans will lose one of the most important means of making progress. We need to know things, to develop our minds as well as our lives. However, no matter how books are stressed out, they always have one disadvantage----not instant. People need to take some time to get what they want. Perhaps after their reading, they find it already out-of-date. The frustration leads to another access----the Internet.
The Internet provides an amazing forum for the free exchange of ideas. Given the relatively few restrictions governing access and usage, it is the communication modal equivalent of international waters. Even before the Internet came into wide spread use, people have already utilized it to acknowledge and deliver information. That is what we call the “new information age”. But much less widely reported has been the notion that the Internet maybe responsible for furthering the fragmentation of society by alienating its individual users. So many people have the Internet binges. They cannot stop surfing the Internet once they have got online. How terrible that is! Internet indeed can spread useful things in an environmental-friendly way for the sake of users’ enjoyment. They can be instant in that you just have to click and glimpse and all the newest ideas will be in your mind. Some call it magic, others strategy. Because the Internet providers make a fortune through these hundreds of thousands of clicks everyday. Well, nobody can deny that but it still doesn’t hamper your convenience of knowing things.
When the rapidness of the Internet and human brain’s progress meets, which one will dominate the world? It is hard to say, but as a student majoring in language, I still prefer the “thick books”. The Internet can be a convenient tool, but they cannot replace the books. Books are the oldest means of knowledge spreading and it doesn’t worsen the nation from any respect. It elevates people’s mind and makes them wise. Youngsters might prefer to use the Internet more than ever. In the long run, the book holds the first place and that’s why there exists a library instead of an “Internetary”.
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