1、Internet Makes People More EstrangedHonorable judges,distinguished guests,ladies and gentlemen,and my fellow debaters: Just now the proposer told us,Internet is convenient to contact others,and promotes global communications,so it makes people closer.However,if a man just puts his major energy,even
2、all spare time in Internet,how can he wholeheartedly communicate with his friends in reality? Actually,when we are talking about being close to somebody,it does mean anemotionally intimate relationship,which is a psychological problem.No matter how fast or convenient people can keep in touch with di
3、stant friends or family members,they are just easier to get information of other people,but the true standard to judge whether people get closer or more estranged is to say,whether they can trust each other better than before. So,does Internet help people trust each other better? Our groups answer i
4、s NO. Internet has two main characteristics.For one part,Internet is a virtual world.On the Internet,no one knows you are a dog.Through a cold computer screen,how can we exchange ideas with others sincerely?We have to know,communication between human beings is based on spoken language,eye contacts,o
5、r soul exchange.No matter how wonderful Internet is,it can not replace the real world.Imagine one day when people meet each other and just say,“Did you surf the Internet today“,do you think people are getting closer or more estranged?Internet,as a virtual world,cannot promote a heart-to-heart commun
6、ication,and,as such,does harm to the trust between people. For another part,Internet is only a media of communication.What does reallymake people closer?It is the affection between friends,or the concern about family members,rather than a media,Internet.If I resent someone and Internet helps me to c
7、ontact him easily,I dont think our relationship will be closer.Furthermore,what kind of the medias Internet is?Just as “every advantage has its disadvantages“,when we enjoy the convenience Internet has provided us,we have to know,long time of accumulation of relying on this method to contact others,
8、makes people ignore the importance of sincere communication.We are losing the precious trust between people day by day.It is the Internet that makes people more estranged. We the people create the Internet,and Internet changes the people as well.The enormous influences Internet has brought us,totall
9、y change our ways of life and communications.As for the current events,the opening of the Internet giveadequate freedom for people to say whatever they like,so it comes all sorts ofnetwork crimes,such as cheating others for money,publishing false advertisements.The whole environment of the Internet
10、is full of danger,we have to take precautions against those cheaters when surfing the Internet.How can we trust others in such a dangerous condition?If the trust between people can not be promoted by the Internet,my fellow debaters,How can you say Internet makes people closer? Internet is the produc
11、t of the development of the times,and all of us are so lucky to live in a informational society,using the Internet to contact others fast and easily.But our group has to remind you,my dear friends,the meeting of minds,the communication between hearts and hearts,will never be completed just by a medi
12、a of communication,the Internet. So we have to state our opinion for another time,Internet does make people more estranged. communicating over long distances(1min 5s) However,theories about human relations told us,communications among people can be divided into two groups:informational and emotional
13、.We can exchange different information in the Internet,but as to being closer or more estranged,it is the exchanges of thoughts and feelings,or we can call that,emotional communication.Internet reduce the time and space distance,but it isnt equal to shorten psychological distance between people.Inte
14、rnet cant shoulder the responsibility of emotional communications. For example,a couple get along well with each other.One day the husband was away for official business,so they can only communicate in the Internet.Two weeks later the husband came back home.In which situation are the couple more clo
15、ser,in reality or Internet?An email,compared to a written letter,which one does make people closer?No matter how convenient the Internet is,compared to the reality,it can only make people more estranged. global communication,meeting new friends(45s) However,in order to be closer,there is a precondit
16、ion,or basic factor,that we have to loyally and trustfully communicate face to face.As we have mentioned above,the trust among people is the single standard to judge whether people are getting closer.So how can we build trust relationships?Eye contacts,body language,or written letters.But all these
17、methods cannot be found in the Internet communications. As to meet new friends from the Internet,in America three-quarters of people dont know their neighbours.Modern people are addicted to the virtual world and ignore the importance of their real lives.People cant even be closer with those living n
18、earest to them,so how can they build trust relation with stranger in the Internet? The strong function of the Internet can also promote emotional relationship(1min) I have to say,interactions over the Internet are not very deep.On the contrary,the communication in the Internet,such as QQ,MSN,are rel
19、atively shallow,lacking in the depth,and too limited in the contents.Besides,Internet is just a media for communication. The really things that make people closer is affection between friends.People cannot get online all day long,and they have to go back to real life.Using the tools makes us conveni
20、ent and easy to contact others,but relying the Internet will estrange the people. For example,I study abroad and chat with my parents on QQ,but compared to a warm embrace,or helping my parents do housework,which method,direct or indirect,do you think is closer?Besides the Internet,we can send a writ
21、ten letter,give a present or keep our parents company.Virtual and indirect network will only make people more estranged. Free dissemination of information,some search engine.(52s)But what about the essence of network?In the virtual world,people can talk whatever they like,either lies or boasting,wit
22、hout limits on everyone.You may say,we have government ministry and the whole public to supervise the network,but no one can deny the essence of Internet.In a virtual and open world,information are too diversed and overloaded for people to distinguish between truth and false.When we are cheated by s
23、trange men from the Internet,how could you say we are closer than before? Besides,many crimes have occurred through the Internet.Everyday we can see such kind of news,a girl met with her Internet friend and at last she was killed.Can you say it closes the relationship?The crimes belong to the minori
24、ty indeed,but the influence is great.Internet leads to the loss of trust day by day,how could the loss of trust close our distance? Conditions when people cannot meet each other(47s) Attention please,here we are talking about being closer or more estranged.It needs compare.Internet as a convenient m
25、edia,when compared to the reality,makes people more estranged.During the period of SARS,people can only contact each other or the Internet.However,when compared to a sincere embrace orshaking hands with those patients,do you still think Internet makes people closer?We agree that in a special situati
26、on Internet is necessary,but it cannot replace the real world.No matter how wonderful people chat with each other on the Internet,they have to go back to reality,sooner or later.Because compared to reality,Internet does make people more estranged.SNS(27s) SNS,which is also called social networking s
27、ervices,provide a virtual sociality platform for netizens.Here I have to state our standard for another time:The trust between human bejings and the needs for human relations reality.When people enjoy the virtual friendship from SNS,their needs for communication in reality will be reduced,and as suc
28、h,estrange their friends in reality. Evoking Emotion:(1min 10s) Over the past years,the developments of the Internet has brought great welfare for humanity.So the opinion that Internet makes people closer seems to be deeply rooted among the people.Today our group is right in such an inferior positio
29、n.Whatever we said,our warnings are treated as blames for general trend,and our advises are seen as resisting to Internet.Actually,today we are not saying NO Internet,just less surfing the Internet,and more living in reality. Internet does make people more estranged.But thats OK.Besides Internet,The
30、re are still lots of methods to make people closer.The cold computer screen cannot give you singing of birds,smiling expressions from your friends,and you can not give your parents a passionate embrace through the Internet. Why not just stop tying words in front of the computer,open the window,enjoy
31、 the blue sky,the fresh air and bright sunshine?Less surfing the Internet,the colorful world is waiting for you. Argument (2 min) I want to deepen my standard.When people lose the trust in a certain friend through surfing the Internet,they will have the feeling that,they dont need this friend,even t
32、hey dont need such kind of human relations.So here is our deeper standard:in order to judge whether people are closer or more estranged,is tosay,whether their needs for human communication in reality are increased or reduced. In my first statement I mentioned the two characteristics of the Internet,
33、and now lets talk about the three functions of Internet.Here are my three arguments: The first argument,the great convenience Internet provides reduce the peoples dependence to reality.People can get various information around the worldjust sitting at home.The developments of blog,SNS make young peo
34、ple enjoy virtual friendship,and reduce the needs for communication with friends in reality.People gain independence,but estrange their friends. The second argument,the entertainment Internet brings us reduce peoples needs for human relations in reality.People have limited time and energy.Just aswha
35、t I said at the very beginning of the first statement,When people put the major energy on surfing Internet,the importance of communication in reality must be ignored.People gain entertainment from Internet,but estrange their friends. The third argument,the easy communication Internet provides reduce
36、s the needs for friends in reality.The communicative mechanism of Internet is incomplete.It is lacking in the emotional exchanges which are expressed by body language,tones,eye contacts,or expressions.Without emotional communications,people cannot be really close.So they just enjoy virtual happiness from the Internet,but estrange their friends in reality.
