People nowadays prefer to interact online (e.g. do shopping, chat with friends) rather than talking to other people face-to-face. What are the reasons for this? Is this a positive or negative development?

It is pretty common that

people

to become more and more reliant on the

internet

instead

of facing others in person.

This

essay will explain why

this

happens, and give my opinion. There are several reasons that make

people

prefer to use the

internet

. The

first

thing is that digital devices are more common than before,

for instance

, computers and smartphones are much cheaper than ever, so

people

afford to buy them.

Therefore

, an increasing number of

people

can use their phones or computers to surf the

internet

, and the rapidly developing of the

internet

allows

people

to do more with it. We can buy anything we want on shopping websites, which is faster and more convenient.

People

can contact others through instant communication apps, so they do not need to talk to

people

face-to-face.

As a result

, many

people

would like to interact online

instead

of face-to-face.

However

,

this

trend could cause some significant problems. The

first

problem is

people

spend a long time staying at home. We can handle almost everything online, and due to

this

people

are less likely to go outside. If they stay at home too long, they will easily catch a range of diseases.

Hence

, a number of

people

suffer from obesity at present time, because compare with

people

who live in a time without the

internet

they walk less.

Also

,

people

are paying more attention to the virtual world, which has a bad effect on their relationships. We can see that children addicted to the

Internet

are estranged from their families. To sum up, the development of society and technology makes

people

more and more dependent on the

Internet

, and it

also

brings some problems.