There are also sites you can visit to get up to date news coverage. It is very nice to be able to get online and find out what is going on in the world. There has been some research conducted to better try to understand how much of an impact computers have made on society. One theory he discusses is the Cue Filtered Out Theory by Sara Kiesler. This theory talks of the loss of communication over the internet.
Body language is a very important part of communication.
Cues are filtered out when a person is not talking face to face with another person, also voice tone loss. This could lead computer uses to be more aggressive online then face to face encounters. A good point to this is the equaling effect it has on people. In this theory he feels that users tend to enhance their character online and therefore bring attention to them. The people communicating with someone who has enhanced themselves will take more time in returning messages.