Internet: a blessing showing people a wider world

    Living in the period of the Third Technology Revolution,Internet is introduced to an escalating number of families.In the meantime,Internet keeps updating ,innovating and combining with other advanced technologies.However,during this process,some people argues that Internet is presenting very limited information to people based on several reasons.However,when exploring how Internet changes our ways to getting information from outside,it is firmly proved that Internet is a blessing showing people a wider world.Information on the Internet renders three features.

    The first feature is the prosperity of we-media.Before the Internet era,most people get information from newspaper or relevant books.Even in the early stage of Internet,news are only available on some websites.Thanks to the development of we-media platform like microblog,everyone is entitled to receive an unprecedented range of information,thus confronted with a wider world.

    The second feature is the atmosphere open for discussion.While reading the cold words printed on the paper,one is isolated in a separated room.There is no place for him to express his ideas or disagreements,and people that can discuss the topic with him are also limited.As a saying goes,"wisdom lies in conversation".Without the collision of thinking,one is unlikely to understand a certain thing comprehensively.

    The third feature is bidirection.With the increasingly progressed big data,Internet can recommend information that citizens may be interested based on their footprints left before.As mentioned above,Internet provides us with access to countless information,then it is of vital significance to choose which to concern about.In other words,the bidirection of Internet enables us to attach to a large world in a limited time.

    Contradictions are also hidden behind the three features.People on the opposite side blame Internet for its bidirection,claiming that it only offers information suitable to the users,thus trapping them away from the vast world.What's more,because of the design of some we-media apps like wechat or QQ,they argue that the information is only available from friend-circles or the subscriptions,resulting in the lack of more unknown objects.

    However,I don't think these drawbacks are due to Internet.Not once does Internet restrict the information for citizens.Rather,users themselves are to blame if they complain that they are enclosed and imprisoned.Faced with the information Internet shows,citizens have the right to trust or doubt,and tens of thousands of related articles and books are there to consult as well.As for information not included in the users' apps,citizens are free to visit any news websites or larger we-media platforms.If Internet is forbidden in consequence of the reasons above,it won't be conducive at all.On the contrary,the information will become less and limited.

    To put it in a nutshell,because of the prosperity of we-media,the atmosphere open for discussion and bidirection,Internet performs as a blessing showing people a wider world.As for the contradictors' arguments,there is no reason to accuse Internet of the flaws.The methods to overcome them depend on the users.In conclusion,Internet is a blessing,but whether it can be a blessing for everyone,it's up to us,the users.

Write an essay in response to the passage below. You should state clearly whether you agree or disagree with the passage and explain your reasons for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the author's opinion might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. You should wrtie about 500 words.

If you still think of the Internet as a means of opening up a vast world of information to people, you may be completely wrong. Playing a positive role in its early days, the internet is now enclosing people in a walled room.

Have you noticed that when different people google the same thing, for example," Chinese culture" or "America" they get different search results? Websites selectively guess which information is appropriate to a user based on his/ her location, past-click behavior and search history, and tailor information and recommendations accordingly. The more one uses the Internet, the more likely one is kept away from different opinions, and trapped in one's own cultural and ideological bubble. The situation worsens when Internet-boosted social networks creep into every corner of lives. Although there seems to be a large amount of information updated almost every second, the information is only availabel from people's friend-circles or the subscriptions they choose. Beyong these circles and choices, people do not really have access to the unknown. They become imprisoned in a confined world.