Darragh's Soapbox: Could you live without internet?
Dylan, Amber, Jordan, Emily and Tess: the internet makes their lives easier.
New research showing that half (47%) of young people aged 16 to 21 would prefer to be young in a world without the internet, with 50% also saying a social media curfew would improve their lives, has been published by BSI, the UK’s national standards body.
Susan Taylor Martin, Chief Executive, BSI said: “The younger generation was promised technology that would create opportunities, improve access to information and bring people closer to their friends.
"Yet our research shows that alongside this, it is exposing young people to risk and, in many cases, negatively affecting their quality of life."
The survey of 1,293 UK adolescents and young adults aged 16 to 21 lays bare the level of addiction, finding that over a quarter (26%) spend four hours or more on social media, while a fifth spend three hours or more gaming.
People of all ages in Waterford were asked this week if they would prefer a world without internet. Most said that they are not surprised with the findings within the report.
said, “I think I could live without internet. It wouldn’t bother me at all.
"I think it opens up a lot more things to kids that they don’t need, which is dangerous."
said, "I'd love to live without internet. It consumes so much of people's days.
"It's great in some ways, but I would love to be off it. If you're in a business you need to use social media, because if you don’t you'll get lost, so that's the main reason I use it."
said the internet makes life easier, and that in today’s society with so much happening on the internet it would be really hard to live without it, "and we need it for school!"
They said it has its pros and cons but overall think things are easier with the internet around.
