Luang lebih banyak masa layari internet dari tidur

Sleep? No, I'm still logged on: Quarter of us spend more time online than in bed

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 2:53 PM on 24th November 2011

The internet reaches into so many areas of our lives that one in four people now spend longer online than they do asleep, a survey has revealed.
With huge quantities of waking hours spent plugged into PCs, laptops and smartphones, more than half – 51 per cent – admit to suffering from ‘e-anxiety’ if they are unable to check their emails or Facebook page.
Men spend bigger chunks of their time online. More than one in four spend six hours or more a day online, compared to one in five women.

Addicted: Half of us suffer 'e-anxiety' if we are unable to check our emails or Facebook page

The survey found that one in three check their personal emails more than six times a day outside of work.

One in 20 check their emails more than 20 times every day – the equivalent of once every 45 minutes – and one in seven checks their social media accounts more than six times a day. But many of those surveyed felt that their internet use was not a bad thing.
Jon Blumberg from Sky Broadband, which commissioned the survey, said: ‘We’re a nation of digital pragmatists, with 74 per cent of people saying they feel more knowledgeable because of the internet and 72 per cent feeling more up to date with what’s happening in the world.
‘That’s exactly as it should be – the internet should help you live your life, not take it over.’
The research also categorised several internet ‘personalities’.
These include ‘internet intellectuals’, who are skilled at using online resources and have a high degree of know-how about the internet and digital technology; and ‘cyber savvies’, who are above-average in their online skills and usage, but are less knowledgeable about how the internet and computers actually work.

*** Begitulah dahsyatnya internet mempengaruhi kehidupan manusia era ini.  Lebih-lebih lagi muda mudi.  Tapi warga emas pun tidak terkecuali.  Asyik layari internet je. 

2 hari sudah, rangkaian internet ( Penangfon ) di rumah kantoi.  Alahai, tak dapat check email, dan macam-macam lagi dirumah.  Cuma dapat berbuat demikian di pejabat. Seperti ada kekurangan pula.

 Anak sulung memang pakar dalam bidang ini.  Kariernya sekarang pun dalam bidang komputer.  Bekerja sendiri    sebagai konsultan bebas.  Saya percaya anak-anak seharusnya diberi kebebasan untuk memilih bidang kerja yang  diminati. Anak-anak memang mahir dalam komputer.  Kalau ada masalah,  mereka yang selesaikan.  Bertuahnya saya.

Saya masih belum ada facebook walaupun ramai teman yang suruh saya berbuat demikian.  Nantilah bila saya senang, itulah alasan yang diberi. Kalau ada facebook tentu, ketagih asyik nak layari internet.  
Sememangnya internet mengisi kekosongan hidup.   

Walau apapun, bersederhana dalam apa jua yang dilakukan.  
Anak pernah bertanya,
"Mana yang lebih baik,  asyik keluar dan bersosial atau
Duduk dirumah dan layari internet, bertemu teman di alam cyber"?
Saya menjawab,
"Kedua-duanya tidak baik, samada asyik keluar atau duduk dirumah layari internet bila keterlaluan.  Semuanya perlu seimbang.  Kita perlu keluar berjumpa teman dan bersosial, itu realiti kehidupan.  Alam cyber kadang kala dicemari dengan kepalsuan.  Semua perkara ada baik buruknya.  Kita sendiri yang harus bijak memilih"

Memetik kata dari artikel di atas :- ‘That’s exactly as it should be – the internet should help you live your life, not take it over.’