Internet
Reggie Shaw was a 19 year old boy who was driving to work one day, and texting on his phone in his car. As a result of his foolishness, he killed two innocent people on the road, when he sideswiped their car on the other side of the center divide, into the oncoming lane. This is an example, of one of the scary consequences of the internet. The internet is a place where people can facetime, text, or call their friends to keep in touch. What they are unaware of is how risky it can be. Between bullying, identity theft, loss of privacy, and texting accidents. They spend to much time on this harmful resource. While the internet offers many benefits and wonders, there is a darkside to it; and we must be cautious about how we use it.
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Henneberg from Issues in Society: Are Mobile Devices Harmful writes “ When people text their eyes are open, but their brains are not processing all the information .” When people are texting their brain is not processing what is going on around them causing them to run into things, or in a car; cause a crash. Henneberg also explains that “Shaw might not have realized he hit the car because texting put his mind somewhere else.” Most teens and young adults are busy texting on their phones not paying attention to what is going on around them, as a result they can cause accidents to people around them without realizing. Similarly, most people are on social media and contacting their friends as a form of texting. Whiting from Issues in Digital Age: Online Communicating and Social Networking mentions a quote that Peter Steiner says “On the internet nobody knows you’re a dog.” this is a good quote for this topic, because on the internet nobody knows who anyone is. Someone online can pretend to be a 13 year old boy or