Hey bloggers!
This week I actually wanted to go back and talk more about 9/11 and its aftermath. 9/11 happened when we were all very young and because of this, although we knew that it happened, it did not have as much as an impact on us, as it might have for others. However, growing up in Canada which is right by the United States, 9/11 is an event that is always being brought up and into discussions and we are expected to know about it. Personally, although I know that 9/11 happened, I did not really know much about it until recently. I remember growing up and on the anniversary of 9/11 every year it was always a day of grief and sadness. You would see it on the news on TV, in newspapers, you would hear it on the radio. Regardless of what you knew about 9/11, you knew that it had happened thanks to the people around you and the internet.
Today, I know more about 9/11 than I did before and that is thanks to the rapid increase in advancing technology. Now you can easily have access to endless amounts of information in a matter of seconds and in just a few clicks. So many people use social media and the internet to keep in touch with friends and family across the world, but many also use it to be aware of what is currently happening in the world around them. It is because of the internet that we are able to be more aware of what is happening in the world and more quickly than we ever were before.
Although it the internet can be used for good, it can also be used for bad. An example of this would be bullying another person or even using it to spread something like homophobia or racism. We easily have access to the internet and we see things like this all the time and because of this, it normalizes something that is not. We see and hear about homophobia and racism all the time that it can make it seem as though it is something natural and is accepted in society.
The internet can be used for so many things and can helps learn more about something we may not necessarily be experts on, but it can also hurt others. What do you think? Do you think that the internet is being used more so for good or for bad?
Well that’s all for now, until next time
Elizabeth