You probably know that Korea is “a powerful state in the field of the Internet.” It is because of our high accessibility, and also the velocity of the Internet is faster than any other country. Therefore, you can do various things like chat with people in other countries and search for information. You can also read a lot of news earlier and not lose touch with global events.
The popularization of the Internet gives many benefits to people, but there are also disadvantages. They are the Internet addiction problem and an increase in cyber crime. According to the survey from the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion, more than 8 percent of all people in Korea (about more than one million and nine hundred thousand people) suffer from an Internet addiction problem. Cyber crime is also serious. According to the Cyber Terror Response Center, cyber crime is increasing continuously, and about forty thousand more crimes occurred in 2008 than in 2007.
This phenomenon started to occur after the information and communications technology began to be developed in Korea. However, the reason for these phenomena is not the development of information and communications technology. People use the Internet for their convenience. Therefore, the Internet still gives us benefits. However, they also use the Internet to commit crime. After all, people create both benefits and disadvantages. Consequently, they also have responsibility for the previous problems.
Whatever the objects or systems are, there are benefits and bad effects at the same time. If users want to make more remarkable benefits than the bad effects, users have to use the Internet carefully. Then, the disadvantages can be prevented. It is the same with the Internet. If users have self-control while using the Internet, they will not be intoxicated with the Internet. Moreover, cyber crimes will not occur if users do not abuse the Internet.
On the Internet, users cannot see other users, and anonymity is secured. However, we have to keep our manners even if it is trivial to maximize the benefits of the Internet. It would not be obvious, but these trivial practices will reduce the bad effects and maximize the benefits.