Not everyone is on the internet,
to be more precise, about 15 percent of adults have no desire to be on
internet. The reasons range from lack of interest, identity theft, or not being
able to afford a computer. About 92 percent of these respondents have no desire
to be on the internet for a reason. Pew studies also gathered information about
older Americans with less education, rural Americans and Hispanic Americans are
least likely to be online. The most popular reasons of those who have no use of
it say that "just not interested,"
"don't need it/don't want it," or "think it's a waste of
time." Even though these Americans do not use the internet, they still
have some access through other persons. About 4 out of 10 non-connected people
ask their friend or family member to look up something and nearly a quarter say
they live in a household where someone else uses the Web. Do you think these 15
% of Americans are missing out on anything of significance that the internet
provides or that they can live without it?
I do not think they are missing out on much. They can get their news from TV or newspaper, and basically continue to live as they have for their entire life before the internet. They probably even have more time to do various activities versus our generation that has grown up using the internet and spend most of our time on the internet because we know no other way.
ReplyDeleteI believe we were able to survive before the internet was even invented. Though it has become a prevalent part of our society, if people have not become reliant on it, they do not necessarily need it to survive. Our society has not become completely reliant on the internet, not yet at least. People are still able to find information outside of what can be found on the internet. It might be more difficult, but it is possible.
ReplyDeleteI think they are missing out by not being connected to the web. However, it is important to note that this opinion is coming from someone that has grown up with the evolution of the internet. For these people, they have most likely become accustomed to finding out their news or information in different ways. Therefore, I think an answer to this question depends on how much of an impact that internet has had on your own life.
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