Internet Makes People More EstrangedHonorable judges,distinguished guests,ladies and gentlemen,and my fellow de baters:Just now the proposer told us,Internet is convenient to contact others,and pr omotes global communications,so it makes people closer.However,if a man jus t puts his major energy,even all spare time in Internet,how can he wholehearte dly communicate with his friends in reality?Actually,when we are talking about being close to somebody,it does mean an emotionally intimate relationship,which is a psychological problem.No matter how fast or convenient people can keep in touch with distant friends or family members,they are just easier to get information of other people,but the true st andard to judge whether people get closer or more estranged is to say,whethe r they can trust each other better than before.So,does Internet help people trust each other better? Our group's answer is NO.Internet has two main characteristics.For one part,Internet is a virtual world.O n the Internet,no one knows you are a dog.Through a cold computer screen,ho w can we exchange ideas with others sincerely?We have to know,communicati on between human beings is based on spoken language,eye contacts,or soul e xchange.No matter how wonderful Internet is,it can not replace the real world.I magine one day when people meet each other and just say,"Did you surf the I nternet today",do you think people are getting closer or more estranged?Internet,as a virtual world,cannot promote a heart-to-heart communication,and,as such,does harm to the trust between people.For another part,Internet is only a media of communication.What does really make people closer?It is the affection between friends,or the concern about fa mily members,rather than a media,Internet.If I resent someone and Internet he lps me to contact him easily,I don't think our relationship will be closer.Further more,what kind of the medias Internet is?Just as "every advantage has its disa dvantages",when we enjoy the convenience Internet has provided us,we have t o know,long time of accumulation of relying on this method to contact others, 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 peo ple more estranged.We the people create the Internet,and Internet changes the people as well.Th e enormous influences Internet has brought us,totally change our ways of life and communications.As for the current events,the opening of the Internet give adequate freedom for people to say whatever they like,so it comes all sorts of network crimes,such as cheating others for money,publishing false advertisem ents.The whole environment of the Internet is full of danger,we have to take pr ecautions against those cheaters when surfing the Internet.How can we trust o thers in such a dangerous condition?If the trust between people can not be pr omoted by the Internet,my fellow debaters,How can you say Internet makes people closer?Internet is the product of the development of the time's,and all of us are so lu cky to live in a informational society,using the Internet to contact others fast a nd easily.But our group has to remind you,my dear friends,the meeting of min ds,the communication between hearts and hearts,will never be completed just by a media 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 peo ple can be divided into two groups:informational and emotional.We can excha nge different information in the Internet,but as to being closer or more estran ged,it is the exchanges of thoughts and feelings,or we can call that,emotional communication.Internet reduce the time and space distance,but it isn't equal t o shorten psychological distance between people.Internet can't shoulder the r esponsibility of emotional communications.For example,a couple get along well with each other.One day the husband wa s 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 m ore closer,in reality or Internet?An email,compared to a written letter,which one does make people closer?No matter how convenient the Internet is,comparedto the reality,it can only make people more estranged.·global communication,meeting new friends(45s)However,in order to be closer,there is a precondition,or basic factor,that we h ave to loyally and trustfully communicate face to face.As we have mentioned a bove,the trust among people is the single standard to judge whether people a re getting closer.So how can we build trust relationships?Eye contacts,body lan guage,or written letters.But all these methods cannot be found in the Internet communications.As to meet new friends from the Internet,in America three-quarters of people don't know their neighbours.Modern people are addicted to the virtual world and ignore the importance of their real lives.People can't even be closer with t hose living nearest to them,so how can they build trust relation with stranger i n the Internet?·The strong function of the Internet can also promote emotional relationship(1 min)I have to say,interactions over the Internet are not very deep.On the contrary,t he communication in the Internet,such as QQ,MSN,are relatively shallow,lackin g in the depth,and too limited in the contents.Besides,Internet is just a media f or communication. The really things that make people closer is affection betwe en friends.People cannot get online all day long,and they have to go back to re al ing the tools makes us convenient and easy to contact others,but relyi ng 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 written letter ,give a present or keep our parents company.Virtual and indirect network will o nly 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 wh atever they like,either lies or boasting,without limits on everyone.You may say, we have government ministry and the whole public to supervise the network,b ut no one can deny the essence of Internet.In a virtual and open world,informa tion are too diversed and overloaded for people to distinguish between truth a nd false.When we are cheated by strange men from the Internet,how could yo u 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 minority indee d,but the influence is great.Internet leads to the loss of trust day by day,how c ould 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 n eeds compare.Internet as a convenient media,when compared to the reality,ma kes people more estranged.During the period of SARS,people can only contacteach other or the Internet.However,when compared to a sincere embrace or s haking hands with those patients,do you still think Internet makes people clos er?We agree that in a special situation Internet is necessary,but it cannot repla ce 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 r eality,Internet does make people more estranged.·SNS(27s)SNS,which is also called social networking services,provide a virtual sociality pl atform for netizens.Here I have to state our standard for another time:The trus t between human bejings and the needs for human relations reality.When peo ple enjoy the virtual friendship from SNS,their needs for communication in real ity will be reduced,and as such,estrange their friends in reality.Evoking Emotion:(1min 10s)Over the past years,the developments of the Internet has brought great welfa re 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 p osition.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 sayi ng NO Internet,just less surfing the Internet,and more living in reality.Internet does make people more estranged.But that's OK.Besides Internet,Th ere are still lots of methods to make people closer.The cold computer screen c annot give you singing of birds,smiling expressions from your friends,and youcan not give your parents a passionate embrace through the Internet.Why not just stop tying words in front of the computer,open the window,enjo y the blue sky,the fresh air and bright sunshine?Less surfing the Internet,the co lorful world is waiting for you.Argument (2 min)I want to deepen my standard.When people lose the trust in a certain friend t hrough surfing the Internet,they will have the feeling that,they don't need this friend,even they don't need such kind of human relations.So here is our deepe r standard:in order to judge whether people are closer or more estranged,is to say,whether their needs for human communication in reality are increased or r educed. In my first statement I mentioned the two characteristics of the Inter net,and now let's talk about the three functions of Internet.Here are my three a rguments:The first argument,the great convenience Internet provides reduce the peopl e's dependence to reality.People can get various information around the world just sitting at home.The developments of blog,SNS make young people enjoy virtual friendship,and reduce the needs for communication with friends in reali ty.People gain independence,but estrange their friends.The second argument,the entertainment Internet brings us reduce people's n eeds for human relations in reality.People have limited time and energy.Just as what I said at the very beginning of the first statement,When people put the major energy on surfing Internet,the importance of communication in realitymust be ignored.People gain entertainment from Internet,but estrange their fri ends.The third argument,the easy communication Internet provides reduces the ne eds for friends in reality.The communicative mechanism of Internet is incomple te.It is lacking in the emotional exchanges which are expressed by body langua ge,tones,eye contacts,or expressions.Without emotional communications,peop le cannot be really close.So they just enjoy virtual happiness from the Internet, but estrange their friends in reality.。