"The internet is more fatal to the cohesion of the community than television was in its time"
2006-10-02 19:37:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It means that the Internet is separating people from getting together.Television was blamed to separate people from forming personal relationships when it arrived as we would stay glue to it and watch program es rather than interacting among each other.
similarly Internet has also forged a gap in terms of personal and social relationships.
2006-10-03 04:03:14 · answer #1 · answered by tuticon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where television used to be the only source of entertainment keeping people occupied in their seats for hours upon hours, the internet is now the main source of entertainment for some people, especially younger individuals. Some people would rather spend hours upon hours on the internet than to get out and live life, interact with people, and have fun. Also, people would rather email or chat through an IM than have an actual conversation face to face.
2006-10-03 02:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by trafficjams 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Internet is addictive. People will spend more time with their friends on the Internet than actually forging real friendships with real people. It makes us introverted.
2006-10-03 02:45:45 · answer #3 · answered by kitty fresh & hissin' crew 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that it destroyes the unity of the community, and the relations between people, like me for example, i stay 11 hours a day online, just talking to total strangers, isn't that a waste of time?
2006-10-03 02:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by Julian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means it keeps people isolated by distraction from their communities, more so than television.
2006-10-03 02:40:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the the introduction of INTERNET, the addictiveness of it is worse than the formerly "couch potato" and with this, familes are more torn apart by pornography, etc
2006-10-03 11:10:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that the internet and technology takes us away from regular human emotions because instead of visiting someone or writing them we are now emailing or texting messages. it is saying that we are no longer in touch because we are too rapped up on the internet. like instead of me studying for my exam ( which i should be doing) i am answering questions on the internet.lol
2006-10-03 02:43:44 · answer #7 · answered by ShellyBelly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the Internet is like a weed.
that take over the hole garden and nothing else can grow.
2006-10-04 03:14:44 · answer #8 · answered by aiddogs5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because people are increasing socialising on the net instead of personally.
2006-10-03 03:02:47 · answer #9 · answered by Mousey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was a kid my granny had the only tv in our area on sunday night all the neighbors came over to watch ed sullivan
no one comes over to share my computer
2006-10-03 02:53:36 · answer #10 · answered by purple_puma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋