As technology develops, more shopping and business is done through the internet while communication face to face becomes less frequent. Is this a positive or a negative development?

Nowadays, some people choose to go shopping and do

business

online, which has led to less face-to-face communication in their

life

. Some have taken

this

trend as an unfavourable development, while

others

disagree.

This

essay will explore both its positive and negative effects. Some hold that online shopping and

business

, promoted by technology, have brought much convenience and simplicity.

First

, with computers and mobile phones wildly used today, we can easily find what we need on the

Internet

. But if we go to shops for clothes, we would probably meet many troubles,

such

as wasting time travelling on the road, trying on quite a few pieces of clothes, and possibly queuing up in a long line of consumers. In addition3 online

business

,

such

as video conference3 can save businesspersons' time.

Then

, those working in international companies do not need to travel for meetings.

However

, fewer opportunities to see

others

, resulted in

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the increasing use of the

Internet

, might bring a consequence where individuals cannot effectively communicate with

others

in their

life

. If they rely on the

Internet

for almost everything, either shopping or

business

, perhaps they will sit all day before the computer without having to talk at all. Once before another person in their

life

, it is likely that they would not know how to express themselves and respond to

others

. In my opinion, the advantages of online shopping and

business

outweigh their disadvantages. For it is the netizens,

instead

of the

Internet

itself, that has brought inconvenience to their own

life

. To eliminate the negative effects of the

Internet

, they have to raise their ability

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self-control.