How do I feel about my computer. Simple tips on how to keep your computer in good working order Attitude towards a computer

A. E. Serezhkina

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEM

Key words: computer anxiety, computer and Internet addiction, attitude to a computer, education.

A review of works devoted to the attitude of teachers and students to computers and information technologies is given. Some aspects of the attitude of students and teachers to information technologies and their use in educational and professional activities are analyzed. Recommendations for teachers are given

Keywords: computer anxiety, computer and Internet addiction, attitude towards computer, education.

The review of the works devoted to professor "s and student" s psychological attitude towards computers and information technologies is given. Some aspects of the student’s and teacher "s attitude towards information technologies and their use in educational and professional activity are analyzed. Some recommendations for professors are made.

Introduction

The computer has become an essential attribute of modern education, like chalk and blackboard in the pre-computer era, and mastery of information technology is as essential as the ability to read, write and count. This applies to both the trainees and their teachers. The integration of computers into education has a relatively short history. The massive introduction of computers into this sphere of the life of society in our country began in 1985, as in most developing countries (for comparison: in Nigeria, this process was initiated by the government in 1987). From here, one can also count publications on various aspects of human-computer interaction in the learning process, one of which is the relationship to the computer, information technology and information technology activities.

The article provides an overview of works devoted to the attitude of students and teachers to computers and information technologies, analyzes various aspects of the attitude of students and teachers to information technologies and their use in educational and professional activities. Some recommendations are given to teachers, taking into account the peculiarities of these relations.

Computer anxiety

A lot of works are devoted to the study of attitudes towards various aspects of educational activity with the use of computers. The initial stage of the introduction of computers into education was accompanied by a large number of publications by foreign scientists devoted to the study of computer anxiety and computerphobia, as the most pronounced form turning into disorder.

Many scientists include computer anxiety in the structure of their relationship to the computer. So, examining the attitude of Texas teachers to the computer, R. Christensen (1998) includes 7 factors in the structure of the relationship: enthusiasm / pleasure

enthusiasm / enjoyment, anxiety, avoidance, Email for Classroom Learning, Neg. impact of society, Productivity Improvement, Semantic awareness computers (Semantic Perception of Computers).

A number of researchers note that computer anxiety has a three-component structure and includes behavioral, emotional and cognitive components. One of the earliest works listed the symptoms of computer phobia. According to its author Timothy B. Jay (1981), computer phobia manifests itself mainly in the form of a negative attitude towards technology. The negative attitude takes the form of: a) resistance to mentioning new technologies and even thinking about them; b) fear or anxiety, which may even have physiological consequences; c) hostile or aggressive thoughts and actions that are disorders or underlying disorders. This resistance, fear, anxiety and hostility can be seen as:

Fear of being physically touched by a computer;

Fear of breaking or damaging your computer or what's inside;

Refusal to participate in reading or talking about the computer as a rejection of the real existence of the computer;

Feeling threatened, especially by students and others who actually know something about computers;

Expressing a negative attitude towards computers and technology, for example, saying that a machine can replace you; that this is an inhumane technology; that you will become an appendage to the machine, and a feeling of aggression towards the computer (the urge to bend, wrinkle, break a punch card), which shows the underlying feelings of insecurity and lack of control over the situation.

Other manifestations of computer anxiety and computer phobia are also possible, their manifestations are very individual.

In the work of O. V. Doronina (1993), an attempt is made to answer the question of why the situation of interaction with a computer is perceived by some people as emotionally negative, stressful, while others are not. It is concluded that individual differences in behavior are explained by differences in individual ways of perceiving, evaluating, interpreting and giving meaning to the whole situation, as well as its individual elements and their interconnections. Several types of computer anxiety can be distinguished, which are characteristic for different users to one degree or another (fear of spoiling, breaking something; feeling of ignorance, inability; fear of technology, mathematics; fear for one's health; fear of the new, unfamiliar; a feeling of threat to intellectual self-esteem , manifested in distrust or over-trust in the computer; a sense of lack of time). Most often, one type of anxiety predominates, while others accompany and aggravate the uncomfortable state. The author analyzes the causes of computer anxiety and, in accordance with them, names its various types, gives recommendations for prevention and overcoming.

The study of computer anxiety continues at the present time. However, due to the fact that the generation born in the 80s grew along with the expansion of the areas of influence of information technologies and does not think of a world without computers, and information technologies have become more "friendly", at present this line of research for higher education, according to - apparently, has lost its former relevance. In examining the emotional state of students while studying a computer for eight months, Robin Kay (2008) argues that the state of happiness was most pronounced. Other emotions (fear, anger, anxiety) were rare, with anxiety and anger levels decreasing significantly as computer knowledge increased.

The direction of research on computer anxiety is fueled by studying the anxiety of older people in connection with the forced need to join digital civilization (receive a pension and pay bills through an ATM, make an appointment with a doctor, order a train, plane, theater, etc.) ). Not all seniors are afraid of the computer. Many are very interested in the possibilities that computers offer, want to keep up with new technology and participate in modern life. However, according to

M. Sonnenmoser (2010), some get used to new information technologies very slowly, and regret the time when everything still functioned without a computer. “People who are afraid of the computer do not readily talk about their problem, as they are usually not taken seriously or smiled,” so this is a serious problem for scientists and clinicians. And since the average age of teachers in higher education in our country is approaching retirement, and the average age of

professors have already reached retirement, the problem of computer anxiety should be taken into account by teachers of the system of additional professional education and advanced training of university teachers. Serious psychological support is needed for this age group of students.

In the work (Aziz Shamsa, 2004), the concepts of computer anxiety and attitude to the computer are divorced. The author calls computer anxiety fear of a computer, a tendency to fear the current or future use of computers. Students 'attitudes towards the computer are defined by him as students' feelings, beliefs and perceptions of general use of computers, computer learning, programming and technical concepts, social issues related to the use of computers and their history. The relationship between the knowledge of a student in the information and communication field, computer anxiety and attitudes towards computers has been investigated. Found that there is a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude and a negative correlation between attitude and computer anxiety.

Research on computer anxiety is relevant in developing countries. Alaba Agbatogun (2010) notes significant levels of computer anxiety among Nigerian teachers when considering integrating computer technology into teaching and learning. M. Shah1, R. Hassan and R. Embi (2011) present the results of a study of computer anxiety among employees of banks in Malaysia, distinguishing three levels (no, low, moderate / high). The levels of computer anxiety of bank employees of different sex, age, race and education differ significantly. For example, women experience anxiety at a higher level than men; among young respondents, it is higher than among middle-aged employees. The latter conclusion is opposite to the results of other researchers obtained for persons employed in another field of activity.

Believing that anxiety has always existed due to the innate human ability to be suspicious of innovations, many believe that it is impossible to completely eliminate cyberphobia, but it is possible to identify levels and strategies to significantly reduce them. According to Michelle Weil and Larry Rosen (1990), according to the levels of anxiety, people can be divided into three types:

Uncomfortable user: he is fairly free to use the computer, feeling anxiety and anxiety only when working with new programs or when acquiring new skills. As a rule, he copes with his problems on his own;

Cognitive technophobe: outwardly calm, but experiencing discomfort from lack of confidence in his abilities, expressed in strong feelings about his own failure. V

the learning process needs psychological support;

Worried technophobe: while working at a computer, signs of anxiety appear at the psychophysiological level: sweating, palpitations, dizziness, increased blood pressure. Students of this type require a special attitude, possibly psychological correction.

There are a number of models for computer anxiety. According to S. Chua, D. Chen, and

A. Wong (1999), this phenomenon can be classified "as a complex psychological construct that cannot be fully described from one point of view." They generalized the definition of computer anxiety as "a kind of anxiety state that can be altered and measured by multiple measurements."

Various scales are used to measure computer anxiety abroad. A number of measuring instruments are presented in table 1.

Table 1 - Scales for measuring computer anxiety

Tool Number of points Subscale Typical point

ATC (Attitudes Towards Computers, Raub, 1981) 25 ATC-CA I am wary of using a computer

CAS (Computer Attitude Scale, Loid and Gressard, 1984 29 CAS-CA Computers make me feel uncomfortable

CAIN (Computer Anxiety Index, Maurer, 1983 26 CAIN-CA Sometimes I get nervous at the thought of a computer

BELCAT (Blomberg-Lowry Computer Ayyitude Task, Ericson, 1987) 36 BELCAT- CA Computers don't scare me at all

CARS (Computer Anxiety Rating Scale, Heinssen, Glass & Knight, 1987) 19 I feel unable to decipher a computer printout

The instruments listed in Table 1 are not adapted to the Russian-speaking sample and cannot be used to measure anxiety in our universities, however, in a high-quality translation into Russian, they may well be used as questionnaires in pilot studies.

Computer addiction

A number of researchers divide users into three types depending on their attitude to computers and information technologies. Diana Saparniene, Gediminas Merkys and Gintaras Saparnis (singled out among the students a group of "functionalists" (functionalists), "afraid of computers

ra / computerphobes "(computerphobes) and" fans and enthusiasts "(fans and enthusiasts).

The group of functionalists included students who took a neutral position in relation to the computer. None of them consider the computer to be an object of some kind of affection and admiration, or demonstrate any fear of using it. For functionalists, a computer is simply a tool for performing certain functions.

The group of computer phobes includes students who view the computer as a source of fatigue, stress, and dissatisfaction. They show complete indifference to the computer and feel a kind of discomfort in the company of computer lovers. Representatives of this group do not regard the computer as an essential factor for their improvement and education. They feel emotionally

motivational dissatisfaction with the computer.

Computer geeks and enthusiasts see the computer as a hobby, an object of admiration. They express their emotions with the following statements: "Living without a computer is like without air", "If I am deprived of a computer, life will become boring." The respondents in this group believe that the computer is a means of improvement and education. Representatives of this group show a completely positive attitude towards the computer.

Sabine Feierabend and Walter Klingler (2000) also proposed to divide users into three groups, calling them PC-Pragmatists (PC-Pragmatiker), PC-dodgers (PC-

Verweigerer) and PC-Fans.

The pragmatists of the PC have a positive attitude towards computers. They are calm and critical of computers.

PC dodgers distance themselves from computers. They prefer to read and watch television programs without the help of a computer. It is hard to imagine that they are using a computer for study or leisure.

PC fans have more than a positive attitude towards the computer. They prefer the computer over the media, books and television. PC fans would love to spend even more time with the computer, as this is the best time for them.

The extreme degree of computer fanaticism can, over time, transform into computer addiction. This phenomenon of attitudes towards computers became the object of research in the late 1980s. last century. With the development of network technology

logy, the term "Internet addiction" appeared, that is, dependence on the Internet.

There is no generally accepted criterion for separating computer addicted people (addicts) from other computer users. Often, the criterion is the amount of time that a person spends at the computer without obvious need, and researchers call different threshold times (from three hours a day or more). As a rule, such uncontrolled communication with a computer leads to a change in the mental state of people: a decrease in mood, activity, and a deterioration in well-being. This often manifests itself as dysphoria - a state of melancholy, gloomy discontent with malicious irritability, reaching an explosion of anger with aggression. Computer addicted people are constantly in a state of frustration and depressed mood in the real world. Their behavior is characterized by the desire to escape from reality by changing their mental state.

The authors distinguish different stages of computer addiction, and in relation to different forms of activity. In the addictive stage, a person realizes that he spends too much time at the computer unnecessarily, and can independently interrupt his work. He does not sit down at the computer only as soon as he is given such an opportunity. The subcritical stage is characterized by an obsessive desire to sit at the computer with all or almost all of the available opportunities. However, a person can easily get distracted from the computer and interrupt work, switching to dialogue with others. In the critical stage, the addict does not need human communication, contacting him while he is facing the computer causes inappropriate behavior, often aggressive. He cannot interrupt work on his own. The fatal stage is characterized by the destruction of physical and mental health.

Computer addiction is not dependence on a computer, but on those types of interactive activities that it provides, including via the Internet. This can be programming, role-playing games, communication on social networks, and much more. The opportunities are expanding every day. Listing the elements of the list of additive agents in the formation of Internet addiction, D.S.Zanin calls distance learning. Distance learning and constant striving for improvement are distinguished by the purposefulness of information; a person seeks to improve his qualifications (personal development) by participating in distance learning seminars, collecting information on professional activities (learning for the sake of learning). Labor activity in the Internet space, which presupposes the daily influence of additive agents on the user's personality, is also a model of sublimated addictive behavior (2011).

The phenomenon of computer addiction must be taken into account by teachers in the learning process. Each addict has their own specific situation. Each should be provided with its own approach, which contributes to the exit from the state of addiction. This, of course, is not about those who are dependent on a computer in a critical and fatal stage, when the help of another specialist is required.

In the work of a teacher, knowledge of the personal characteristics of students prone to Internet addiction can help, while researching which T.S. 2008). Since computer addiction is a derivative of the fundamental psychological properties of an individual, it is practically impossible to persuade students to be subject to “computer independence” by persuasion. Correction of emotionally unstable states is necessary. The task of the teacher is to give the addict to experience a variety of thrills that are not related to the subject of his addiction. In each specific case, it is necessary to offer an alternative constructive dependence that is not 100% connected with working on a computer and causes a state of interest. Collaborative work with the use of information technology is useful, involving addicts in real communication, empathy for achievement and the joy of achieving a result.

However, the task of the teacher includes not only the rehabilitation of computer-dependent students, but also the prevention of computer addiction among people in the addictive stage. The list of measures should include primary prevention, which consists in explaining and preventing the possible negative impact of long-term communication with a computer, strict adherence to occupational hygiene. Breaks in work, switching from one type of activity to another are required. It is necessary to acquaint students with the basic techniques of self-education and correction of their mental states.

Treating a computer as a multicomponent structure

Analysis of the literature has shown that there is no generally accepted definition of the concept of "attitude", however, many authors agree that this is a complex phenomenon that cannot be observed directly, but can be deduced from overt behavior, both verbal and non-verbal. Relationships are defined as psychological constructs that include emotions, cognitions, beliefs, and other elements. However, in practice, it is most often associated with social stimuli and with responses that have an emotional connotation.

Some researchers add to the emotional elements certain elements of other

th plan and try to establish a relationship. Thus, the work investigated the relationship between the four elements of the emotional component (anxiety, anger, joy, fear) and the nine most important computer skills.

In domestic science, the theoretical foundations for the analysis of human relations were laid

V.M.Bekhterev (1904) and A.F. Lazursky (1912), later V.N.Myasishchev (1960) developed the psychological concept of personality relations. According to VN Myasishchev, a distinctive feature of a psychological attitude is its consciousness: "A person's relationship is a potential that manifests itself in a conscious active selectivity of a person's experiences and actions, based on his individual, social experience."

In accordance with the theoretical concepts of psychological relationships, their nature, structure and functions (V.N. Myasishchev, B.F. Lomov), it is possible to distinguish the cognitive, emotional, and conative aspects of the psychological relationships of participants in the educational process to computers.

The cognitive (rational) side of the psychological attitude reflects the awareness and rational assessment of one's activities in the new information environment. The emotional (evaluative) side of the psychological attitude is a set of subjective, emotionally colored opinions and assessments about the objects and conditions of this activity. The conative (behavioral) side of the relationship is represented by the perceived motives and goals of the activity mediated by the computer and information technologies, as well as the readiness to implement all its types.

The study of the relationship of participants in the educational process to the computer from these positions was carried out by T.M. Krasnyanskaya (1996),

A. B. Trofimov (2002), A. E. Serezhkina and M. E. Dmitriev (2006), M. N. Garanina, M. E. Dmitriev and A. E. Serezhkina and (2010).

In the work, the attitude to computer-mediated activity is considered as an element of psychological readiness for its implementation. The organization and the main results of the formation of readiness for productive use of the computer are discussed.

The work investigated the attitude to information and pedagogical technologies of students of higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The preferences of students (the choice of teaching technology for various types of classes) were found, as well as factors contributing to a positive attitude towards technology mediated by computers, among which the maximum number of students named high motivation for cognitive activity and operational control of knowledge. The research has shown the effectiveness of using new information technologies at all stages of the pedagogical process.

We have considered the possibilities of introspection of attitudes towards a computer and information technology

nologies in the system of additional professional education. It is shown that this approach stimulates the formation of readiness for the conscious use of information technologies in pedagogical activity.

The paper presents the results of a study of the value-motivational attitudes of higher school teachers to information technology activities, obtained in the process of advanced training. The authors argue that in the process of teaching new information technologies, it is absolutely necessary to show the listeners the perspective, the universality of the technologies they study, the possibility of their use in their research and teaching activities. The results obtained indicate that in the process of such training, a restructuring of the hierarchy of dominant motives for the study of information technologies occurs. Among the leaders are the motives of self-realization and self-development.

Conclusion

A positive attitude towards computers and information technology largely determines the effectiveness of computer-mediated activities. There is no generally accepted definition of the concept of a relationship; as a result, researchers study only certain aspects of this complex phenomenon. The most preferable approach is to study the relationship of a person to a computer as a result of his interaction with a computer and information technologies, depending on how much the computer-mediated activity allows him to manifest and develop his individuality. This approach can contribute to the formation of a positive attitude towards this type of activity and the achievement of its effectiveness, but today it remains insufficiently represented in foreign and domestic scientific publications.

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Everyone who has a computer complains that the computer does not work well or often freezes, while the computer itself may be new and, accordingly, good and powerful enough. But often the users themselves lead to such a state of the computer, who unknowingly do what does not need to be done when working with a computer. Today I want to give some simple tips to help you keep your computer in working order.

To begin with, let's note what is meant by this wording "the computer is not working well."

In almost all cases, this means that the operating system slows down and periodically freezes, in rare cases the hardware of the computer itself fails, for example, one RAM bar is faulty or the hard disk starts to crumble.

Now let's take a look at what needs to be done so that the computer does not slow down, by the way, we have long touched on this topic "Accelerating the operation of the operating system" Consider the actions in which you yourself bring your computer to such a state, or rather, what needs to be done in order to prevent this from happening. Those. you have a normally working computer, or you have just reinstalled the system and you want to keep it in the same state.

Let's get started. Here's what I can advise you.

Don't install everything.

Here, it means that all novice computer users, without thinking about the consequences, install various software, be it programs or games, which in turn can slow down the OS. How? You ask, for example, do you install any software that is configured to automatically update by default, thus you do not even suspect that the program is in the background (installed as a service), and it does not matter if there is Internet or not, it is trying to update , thereby taking away the resources of your computer, and now imagine that you didn’t install 10 other such programs, and as a result, the OS starts to slow down. Another even more frequent option is also possible, when, when installing the software, it automatically writes itself to startup, thereby it is simply always running, this, by the way, will be evidenced by the icons in the system tray. Therefore, pay attention if you have a bunch of different icons in your tray, it means that there are so many (almost always) unnecessary programs you have running. In this regard, the first tip is that no need to install everything and leave it on the computer... In other words, even if you are looking for the program you need in terms of functionality, and let's say you downloaded it, installed it, and it does not do what you need or doesn’t understand, then you must immediately remove it, and not remove the distribution kit, but uninstall it from the system. For example, on Windows 7, this is done as follows: Start-> Control Panel-> Programs and Features look for the newly installed program, select it and click " delete»

Antivirus is required.

As you know, without an antivirus today, nowhere, and so that this antivirus has up-to-date databases, since even if the same antivirus is available, but with not updated databases, it is not a guarantee that it protects you from viruses, or rather does not protect you at all. Why do I draw attention to the presence of an anti-virus program on your computer, but because today it is very easy to pick up a virus, since everyone uses the Internet or, for example, flash drives and disks, and you should know that almost all viruses get on your computer exactly so, but not practically, but even everything. And when a virus hits a computer, you yourself understand that anything can happen, in our case it is a slowdown of the operating system, for example, you caught a virus that uses you for its own purposes and sends spam or something else from your computer and thereby takes computer resources or infects some program that starts to work slowly during its work and you thereby sin on the computer itself, not suspecting that the computer has nothing to do with it. Worse when, the virus brings your computer to the point where the computer stops working. And now imagine that you have caught a bunch of such viruses, or just one that has infected all the programs and what will happen to the operating system now? The answer, I think, is clear, therefore, the implementation of this paragraph, in order for the computer to remain in working condition, is mandatory. Moreover, there are free antivirus programs that protect your home computer, it's not even bad, for example, I like Avast Free.

Do not download everything from the Internet.

This advice is an extension of the previous one, since almost everyone downloads from the Internet, everything that is pleasing in the soul, and even antivirus sometimes cannot help you. And here I'm not even talking about the fact that you can catch viruses, although this is also, but about the fact that you litter your computer with all sorts of nonsense, and you should know that the more programs (or games) are installed on the computer and the more kind of files (even without viruses), the OS begins to access them more slowly, open them more slowly, and accordingly, in the complex you will have the opinion that the computer is slowing down, and why? Yes, because you, pumped up, but installed a lot of all sorts of nonsense. Therefore, I advise you to download only what you really need, and if you downloaded, but it turned out to be wrong, then just delete the files that you downloaded.

Attitude to the computer.

Many people regard the computer as some kind of simple piece of hardware, although it is a rather complex device and many user actions can cause the computer to malfunction or slow down its operation. For example, many people think that unplugging the power cord from the outlet is normal, or kicking the system unit, or spilling tea on the keyboard, and many other things that can affect the operation of the computer. For example, you do not turn off the computer correctly, i.e. as they say "hot" (holding the power button and other options) you expose your computer or OS to failure, or at best, lose some of your data that is stored on your computer. Since with such a shutdown of the computer, the OS did not complete all processes and, accordingly, those programs (including system ones) that were not closed and, accordingly, the files that used these programs may be damaged. For example, in this article "Reasons for not turning on the computer" there is a point when this happened and what you will see in this case.

I would also like to give an example from life, since I work as an it-com in an organization, they often call me and complain that something does not work for them, by the way, you can read about frequent problems with computers in organizations in the article - "Frequent problems with computers in the organization ”, and once they called me and started complaining that their printer was not working well, and sometimes it didn’t work at all, since it was a remote office, I went to see what they had there and how it turned out when they changed cartridge, pulled it out with some spare parts, I mean, fastening the cartridge in the printer itself, and, of course, it will stop printing, and if it doesn’t stop, it will not be clear how to print, and now imagine what attitude the person had to this technique to pull out the cartridge with the giblets of the printer with such force, I asked her why so hard, and she replied, “d but we are always like this, and when the computer starts to hang, we kick it to make it work". Probably, everything is clear what I mean by this point.

Don't click a hundred times.

This advice applies to impatient users who, by clicking on the program's shortcut, expect that at the same moment it will open or the file they need will open. Sometimes it is necessary to wait just a couple of seconds for the program to start or open the file, and you click many more times, and thus the computer freezes or, in the best case, you start several copies of the program or open the same file several times. This happens, for example, when the computer is turned on, i.e. The OS did not load all the system services necessary for operation, and so on, and you are already trying to open something else, you just need to wait a couple of minutes for the OS to boot completely. Or it just happens that programs use a lot of files in their work and, accordingly, they need to be checked, opened, loaded, which accordingly takes a little time. Therefore, I advise you not to click a hundred times on the same shortcut, if the program did not open immediately, wait, well, at least 15-20 seconds.

Don't do what you don't know.

Watch your computer.

Even if you follow everything that I am telling here, this will not be enough, since you need to constantly monitor your computer and OS. For example, at least once every six months, open the lid of the system unit and blow dust out of it, delete unnecessary programs that you used only once, and now you do not use them, also periodically delete files that you do not need, periodically defragment the hard disk and once again I would like to note, treat your computer as your friend!

All these actions will help you keep your computer running in good condition, and if you follow all these tips, then, in addition to a normally working computer, you will significantly reduce the risk of the well-known "Blue Screen of Death", with which, it seems to me, no one wants collide.

Computers have filled our lives lately. Now almost every family has them. We are accustomed to them and we cannot imagine our rest without this wonderful machine.
With the help of computers, the Internet has become a part of our lives. She has become an integral part of every person's life. Nowadays, people cannot go through a day without checking their mail and visiting their favorite websites. The Internet is not only an assistant in everyday work, it is also a different world in which there are mailboxes, libraries, photo galleries, games, shops. With the help of the Internet, people can travel to different cities, visit tourist places, communicate with people.
Lately, many people have been asking the question, "Is the Internet harmful or beneficial?" I think there is no definite answer to this question. In fact, on the one hand, the Internet is a very good and useful thing. And on the other hand, it has many negative functions: addiction, waste of time, money, health.
Of course, the Internet cannot be an excellent helper in finding the information you need. But if we spend a lot of time on the Internet we will have problems. We lose touch with the real world, become completely dependent on the computer. I think it's important to learn to distinguish between real life and online life. This requires you to understand what is really important to you on the Internet and what is not. And then the Internet will not be a terrible enemy, but also an irreplaceable assistant. Lately computers have filled our life. Now they are almost in each family. We have got used to them and we do not imagine our leisure without this miracle-machine.
With the help of computers the Internet has entered into our life. It became an integral part of a life of each person. Now people cannot live a day without checking of mail and visiting their favorite sites. The Internet is not only the assistant in daily work, it is also the other world in which there are mail boxes, libraries, photo galleries, games, shops. By means of the Internet people can travel to different cities, visit tourist places, communicate with people.
Recently many people ask a question: "Is the Internet harmful or useful?" I think, that on this question there is no certain answer. In fact on the one hand the Internet is a very good and useful thing. And on the other hand it has many negative functions: dependence, the waste of time, money, health.
Certainly, the Internet can be the excellent assistant in information search. But if we spend a lot of time on the Internet we`ll have some problems. We lose a touch with the real world, get in a full dependence on a computer. I think, that it is important to learn to distinguish a side between a real life and a life on the Internet. For that it is necessary to understand, what is really important on the Internet and what is not. And then the Internet will be not the terrible enemy, but the indispensable assistant.

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The computer threatens the relationship !!!
People who are forced to be separated from their phone or personal digital assistant become anxious.
At the end of the XX - beginning of the XXI century, in addition to the already existing ones, new global threats appeared. And if the already known ones - hunger, wars, diseases, terrorism - were realized by humanity for a long time, then one of the newest threats appeared quite recently, but it is already sowing, if not death, then destruction. The new threat to human relationships is the personal computer.
At least, experts from the American research firm Kelton Research say so. A survey of public opinion polls published in The Washington Times (translated by InoPressa) found that 65% of the more than 1,000 American adults in the study spend more time on the computer than with their spouses or partners.
The relationship between computer and user is becoming deeper, the researchers found, noting that 84% of respondents said that over the past three years we have become dependent on our computers. Harmony is not always inherent in these relationships: 52% of PC users perceive computer failures as their own, experience anger, sadness or mental cooling if the computer does not respond to requests or does not work well. Another 19% admitted that they had a desire to hit the computer.
Paradoxically, in a state of "cybernetic stress" we seek sympathy from a spouse or family. "The relationship of Americans with their computers affects family relationships, as nearly three-quarters - 74% of Americans - say they bring their computer problems home," the study authors found.
“As computers increasingly penetrate all areas of our lives, our relationship with them may seem as important as the relationship with our partners. And when a computer problem occurs, a person often feels annoyed and helpless, ”said Robie Ludwig, a family therapist based in Manhattan.
It's an equal opportunity: 69% of women and 71% of men, or roughly 141 million people, regularly use the Internet, according to the latest figures from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. In a 2006 study, Pew found that men tend to surf the Internet alone, while women are more likely to go online to chat with family and friends.
And while mental health professionals have debated for a decade whether the Internet is causing pathology and addiction, Stanford University reported last year that 6% of us notice that our personal relationships are affected by the computer. Another 14% may "abstain" and not sit at the keyboard.
But not only the computer is the third in American pairs. Dr. Edward Hallowell, a Massachusetts psychiatrist and author of Busy to Madness: Overworked, Overwhelmed, and Ready to Pounce, has found that many couples are unsettled by the interference of communication devices. Some wives complain that husbands bring cell phones to bed in moments of intimacy, he says.
Hellowell called this message addiction. University of Florida psychologist Lisa Merlot blames cell phones for building up a relationship barrier. People who are forced to be separated from their phone or personal digital assistant become anxious.
A 2006 study by the University of Staffordshire in Britain found that 7% of cell phone users blame their phones for breaking up, Merlot said. She advises active users to reduce their phone time. “It's okay to turn off your phone,” she says. "The message will come and be saved there."

Software piracy can be safely called the plague of the 21st century. This is the scourge of our time, sometimes it even seems that all of humanity is divided into two halves: these are pirates and those who use their services. The Internet is a kind of helper for pirates. Every second person downloads films, music, programs and does not even realize that to some extent violates the Law on Copyright and Related Rights. After all, if there was no demand, then supply would be eradicated by itself.

Therefore, it cannot be unequivocally stated that the fact that such an unpleasant phenomenon still exists in our society is entirely to blame only on the pirates themselves. They only give what people want to get - "the same product", but much cheaper. " Indeed, the difference between the price of a licensed disc and a pirated copy is huge, but money is only one of the reasons. After all, there is also a moral and ethical side of this issue. Imagine that you are a programmer who has spent a lot of time and effort on creating a high-quality, unique and useful program, and someone will download it in 10 minutes and will distribute it for their own mercantile purposes. Theft in its purest form, and more!

Cheapness is also a controversial issue. Recall at least the article "How Greed Ruined Two Fraer," published in the "Youth Club". And there are many such examples, we just do not know about all cases. Our pirates are not even afraid of criminal, administrative or civil liability.

The sad thing is that very young people who are full of energy, strength and ambition begin to do this. And, instead of realizing them and trying to take their rightful place on the social ladder, they start looking for the easiest ways to get money. But “you can't catch a fish from a pond without difficulty,” says popular wisdom. After all, sooner or later a pirate comes across or, having seen an unsuccessful example of some of his "colleagues", stops such a lucrative fishery.

This problem should be solved not by one person, and not even by the country, but by the whole world. Tightening the "Law on Copyright and Related Rights", regular checks of dubious computer firms, a ban on the media from posting advertisements for the provision of pirated services and lectures in schools and universities on the dangers of computer piracy are just some of the methods to combat this type of offense.

Is the money saved really worth more than the pleasure of watching a movie without shadows, listening to a song without a sound of applause in the hall, and also what can be compared with the benefits and benefits of the full-fledged work of the material and technical base of your company or office ?! Think, the choice is yours!

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