I guess part of being in IST is that we examine the effect of technologies like the internet on our culture. There's an interesting article over here, a little longwinded, but it deals with two criticism of the internet which actually come from different angles.
The one is a pretty normal criticism, the article sort of sums it up when it says
The Cult of the Amateur, is rather lightweight and we treat it here as an example of a traditional approach: "The cultural sky is falling, and it is all the fault of the Internet!"
I think the other one is pretty unique, it actually deals with some serious issues about the entire Western culture. It's from the perspective of a Buddhist, and it's neat to think of the internet in a new philosophical way.