Internet Addiction
Table Of Contents
* The Introduction * WHAT IS INTERNET ADDICTION? * WHY DO PEOPLE ADDICT TO THE INTERNET? * WHO CAN BECOME ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET? * VIOLENCE IN ONLINE GAME * WHAT ARE INTERNET ADDICTION WARNING SIGNS? * THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNET ADDICTION * WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? * TIPS FOR PARENTS AND CARERS * Conclusion * References
The Introduction
The Internet is the largest source of information in the world today. With its web sites, chat rooms and facebook at the present, it is a means of communicating with people in places all over the face of the earth.
The Internet can be define as a global network of computers communicating under one set of guidelines, formally called Transmission Control Protocol or Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). The Internet is more than a physical network of wires linking individual computers to one another. It is also a network of people and information resources. Meanwhile addiction, which come from word addict is a person who cannot stop taking or doing something harmful. On the other meaning, addiction is being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming.
Since its conception in 1973, the Internet has grown at a rapid rate. Million adults were on-line everyday alone. Some say that the Internet is so enjoyable that it is almost addictive. There may be an actual form of addiction involved with over-use of the Internet. There are no real answers in identifying which category of addiction to the Internet. This is for the reason that, the Internet has been used not only for the adult, but at all level of age these days.
People are neglecting other important activities such as time with the family, socializing, work and health concerns. They stayed on-line for five, eight, even ten or more hours at a time and day after day. They also felt anxious and irritable when off-line and desire their next date with
* The Introduction * WHAT IS INTERNET ADDICTION? * WHY DO PEOPLE ADDICT TO THE INTERNET? * WHO CAN BECOME ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET? * VIOLENCE IN ONLINE GAME * WHAT ARE INTERNET ADDICTION WARNING SIGNS? * THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNET ADDICTION * WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? * TIPS FOR PARENTS AND CARERS * Conclusion * References
The Introduction
The Internet is the largest source of information in the world today. With its web sites, chat rooms and facebook at the present, it is a means of communicating with people in places all over the face of the earth.
The Internet can be define as a global network of computers communicating under one set of guidelines, formally called Transmission Control Protocol or Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). The Internet is more than a physical network of wires linking individual computers to one another. It is also a network of people and information resources. Meanwhile addiction, which come from word addict is a person who cannot stop taking or doing something harmful. On the other meaning, addiction is being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming.
Since its conception in 1973, the Internet has grown at a rapid rate. Million adults were on-line everyday alone. Some say that the Internet is so enjoyable that it is almost addictive. There may be an actual form of addiction involved with over-use of the Internet. There are no real answers in identifying which category of addiction to the Internet. This is for the reason that, the Internet has been used not only for the adult, but at all level of age these days.
People are neglecting other important activities such as time with the family, socializing, work and health concerns. They stayed on-line for five, eight, even ten or more hours at a time and day after day. They also felt anxious and irritable when off-line and desire their next date with
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