Communication technology has given us both negative and positive influences. An example of communication technology is the internet. Many people use internet for many different reasons. These reasons could include: blogging, research, email/chat rooms, different sources of information for work/school/maps and the list goes on. As a student, internet is one of the sources I rely on for help. I use it for school work when I am asked to do a research on different types of subjects. I also use internet as a way of entertainment. Downloading music and music videos. It is where I go if ever I have nothing else to do. Another way I use internet for is chatting. A source like msn messenger or yahoo are some the chat sites I go to chat with my friends and family. Chatting has been a good way of communication to reach out to long distance family or friends. We are able to chat with the them, talk to them through the mic, and view them through webcam all at the same time. As much as there are plenty more exciting stuff you could find in the internet there are also negative affects of internet. Our information placed on sites could be hacked and be use for other reasons. Internet is one of the many ways why people get stalked and abused. Though there are websites where you can place your personal information, pictures and ways of contact, there are people out there that use that kind of information to stalk you that are capable of kidnapping you and in a worse case senario, kill you. Another downfall about the internet is the fact that you are able to download songs from artists or movies that are still previewing in the movie theatres. To you it may sound like a nice deal and you have a bonus of not paying for it. But for those artists and actresses they are getting robbed. They've worked hard into making what they've done whether it be music or movies. They expect the customers to buy there product so that they are able to make money off it and produce more of their products. Internet has given us a wide range variety of many things. There are good and bad ways to use internet and it is up to the user to make that choice.