What do young people think?

Nino, student from Georgia: “You know even when I read something or have another work to do the computer must be certainly switched on and the Facebook must be opened. I must see what is going on in my friends’ pages. And we put everything on Facebook. Also in Georgia pupils study with net-books and they use no books or text-books.

Libanio, student from Spain: “I think that this is a big problem in my society. When I call my friends to go out and meet each other they usually refuse as they are busy with online games and so on. I think that computer is becoming drug for the people. And not only computer, but also TV, video games and so on”.

Davit, young historian from Armenia: “When I was 15-16 years old I used to spend a lot of time with my friends. Now 15-16 years old teenagers spend much time with their computer, on Facebook, Twitter. Now people in villages cultivate farms online but sometimes they do not cultivate in real life”, Davit, a young historian from Armenia considers. According to him the computer makes people asocial. “We prefer to write now rather more than to talk. Computer isolates people in real life and connects them in virtual life”.

Mark, student from Germany: Nearly every office-worker in Germany has opened facebook on his computer during the work. They spend so much time on the stupid web-sites and games. And it really becomes an illness.

Internet-users’ opinion: “I think that spending too much time on your computer can be bad because it can affect your health. It can cause eye damage, carpal tunnel, and can also cause headaches because of needing to focus on the computer all day. A person that is on the computer all the time should see a doctor about their eyesight, headaches, and carpal tunnel if they are experiencing any of these”.