The net and the questions it poses


1.

The Internet as a source of information is widely and indiscriminately being used by people who are engaged in various researches.

• Do you think the Net is likely to improve the quality of research?
• Is it in any way an unhealthy practice to fall back on the Net for everything?


2.

Since search engines on the Net are able to meet almost all the information needs, the need for alternative information sources is waning of late.

• Do you think the advent of search engines is a welcome development?
• How relevant are alternative information source in your opinion?

3.

Some people say the advent of the Net has left man confined to smaller personal spaces, whereas there are people who hold the view that it has cast man far and wide.

• Look at the views and say what you feel about the advent of the Net?

4.

The information explosion that is happening around us has brighter and seamy sides.

• Try to identify a few prominent ones.
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5.

The most abstract concept called ‘time’ has been redefined by citizens on the Net (netizens), and they say ‘that which does not exist’ is time.

• How appropriate is this definition from a netizen’s point of view?
• How differently has time been defined these days?