Importance of Internet
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Introduction
The internet has brought a huge revolution in every field to enhance quality. It has enabled businesses and people to connect by erasing boundaries in various ways. It has made communication easy from any location at any point in time and businesses perfect intermediary for expansion with little cost. The paper evaluates the benefits brought about by the use of the internet.
The internet has obvious potential for education with information from various sources readily available. According to Wegerif, 2013, p.3, the informal educational system using the internet has become so normal now that we perhaps think it does not imply a need for another educational theory. The internet has made education more flexible and effective than print formal education with the use of softcopy materials. Education is dialogic with increased student participation in ultimately unbounded context, enhancing new ideas and insights on board. The internet has further enriched and simplified formal education.
In the business world, the internet has turned out to be very effective. Business development gets better with internet use as it provides powerful communication and marketing tools (Vijay, 2016, p.4). The internet plays an important role in advertising and market products and services worldwide to get more customers. The internet helps businesses obtain data and analyses the information to create better and effective products and marketing plans before investing money in product development. The cost of maintaining and starting eCommerce stores and selling online not only helps to sell but also business owners can track their best marketing and advertising efforts and channels.
The internet has immensely improved the banking industry. The technological innovation of electronic channels of service delivery has brought in a level playing field for businesses (Firdous & Farooqi, 2017, p.13-14). The enormous increase on the internet is changing how businesses interact with consumers as most businesses are now using the internet. The introduction of e-commerce as a means of payment has revolutionized banking, offering strongly through the internet medium. Banks invested heavily in the development of internet channels to enhance the quality of services.
Conclusion
The world would have never seen the current revolution without the internet. Therefore, the internet is of importance in both the personal life and professional life of an individual. In the future, we can’t imagine the world of business without the Internet. At present, the internet has not only made our lives better but hassle-free as well.
References
Wegerif, R. (2013). Dialogic: Education for the internet age. Routledge. 1-10. https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=75xbBAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=dialogic+education+for+the+internet+age&ots=xPKE6Biu68&sig=DaA5LmwcyAuWZQuXfy4pwfFv9L8&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=dialogic%20education%20for%20the%20internet%20age&f=false
Vijay, Sharma. (2016, August 11). Forbes: importance of internet on business. Forbes.com 4 https://www.klientsolutech.com/importance-of-internet-in-business/#:~:text=The%20Internet%20is%20important%20for%20business%20development.%20Internet,development%20websites%2C%20management%20service%20platforms%20anytime%20%26%20anywhere.
Firdous, S., & Farooqi, R. (2017). Impact of internet banking service quality on customer satisfaction. The Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, 22(1), 1-17. https://www.icommercecentral.com/open-access/impact-of-internet-banking-service-quality-on-customer-satisfaction.php?aid=85570