The internet is an amazing tool for research.
There are many things we can learn about which would have been much more difficult before the World Wide Web.
Though, how many of us take full advantage of the unique information we have access to?And, with the information we're given, how can this help our understanding of the world and others? For starters, not everything that can be possibly be researched on the internet can be covered in one article!So, for comprehensions sake, we'll just use one example.
If we take ethnic cultures as the example, how accessible was it to research their customs, beliefs and unique take on the world before the internet?Of course, books could have been used but they were not always at hand - you might have had to order one weeks ahead of when you actually planned to use it.
Now, the internet means you have the information at your fingertips whenever you want it! One group that can benefit greatly from the internet is children.
Researching ethnic cultures and their unique ways of life are shown to increase their tolerance of others they perceive as 'different' from themselves.
Obviously this could perhaps result in less persecution of ethnic groups if everyone was educated to the same standard? So, this article has highlighted how the information on the internet can be used to educate children.
Teaching them about other cultures is shown to increase their tolerance of others in later life and, tolerance is something this world is always in need of!