Advantages

• Easy communication with other people
• Valuable learning resource because Internet skills will be needed for jobs in the future
• Enables more people to work from home
• A vast amount of information can be accessed
• Up-to-date information can be accessed on-line without the need to await publication
• Publishing documents on the Internet saves paper
• A valuable resource for companies to advertise and conduct business

Disadvantages

• Much of the information isn’t checked and may be incorrect or irrelevant
• A large amount of undesirable material, such as pornography, is readily available
• Messages sent across the Internet can be easily intercepted and are open to abuse by others
• Large telephone bills can easily be run up
• Too much time spent on the Internet could result in a lack of face-to-face interaction with others and a loss of social skills
• Going on-line runs the risk of hackers or viruses being able to damage your computer