Internet Addiction A New Clinical Phenomenon and Its Consequences KIMBERLY S. YOUNG St. Bonaventure University Center for Online Addiction New research identifies online users who became hooked on chat rooms‚ interactive games‚ and even eBay only to see their lives become increasingly unmanageable because of the Internet. Prior research explores the addictive qualities sustaining drug and alcohol abuse‚ pathological gambling‚ and even video game addiction; however‚ given the relative
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definitions for Internet addiction during the past decade. Widyanto and Griffiths (2006) present the most general definition of this construct as being a subset of a technological addiction‚ which is defined as a non-chemical or behavioral addiction that involves human-machine interaction. These addictions can either be passive‚ such as viewing television‚ or active‚ such as playing computer games. It should be noted that there are many terms used to describe excessive Internet use: problematic
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Introduction: (Critical) history of ICT in education - and where we are heading? The use of computers in education is much more a series of failures than success stories. I agree with Erik Duval that in general‚ in a large scale the impact of technology on the way people learn have been minimal. In open distant learning and military training (simulations) there are examples of success‚ but these models do not fit very well to school and university context. So‚ I wouldn’t call them “good examples”
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Internet censorship is control of the accessing or publishing of information available on the internet. The problems caused by the misuse of internet brought about are censorship. Since approximately 1995‚ numerous governments around the world have been addressing the problems of material on the Internet that is illegal under their offline laws‚ and also that considered harmful or otherwise unsuitable for general public. The nature of material of concerned has varied substantially
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Creating‚ celebrating‚ and instrumentalising the online carnival Edited by David Kurt Herold and Peter Marolt Introduction Noise‚ spectacle‚ politics: carnival in Chinese cyberspace David Kurt Herold The Internet in China was developed at about the same time as the Internet in Europe and America‚ but its structures and set-up were quite different. During the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ academic institutions in China began to set up intranets on their campuses that were later connected
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Keywords: Internet gambling‚ problem gambling‚ gambling regulation Paper presented at the 2008 EBEN-UK ANNUAL CONFERENCE‚ Cambridge 2 April 2008 Please do not quote without permission. (10.03.08 CJ & SG) Abstract Gambling online is growing exponentially‚ without the protection of reliable regulatory structures that ensure age and identity verification‚ the integrity/fairness of the games‚ or that responsible gaming features are included on a site. In a poorly regulated Internet environment
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Internet challenges the right to freedom of expression. On the one hand‚ Internet empowers freedom of expression by providing individuals with new means of expressions. On the other hand‚ the free flow of information has raised the call for content regulation‚ not least to restrict minors’ access to potentially harmful information. This schism has led to legal attempts to regulate content and to new selfregulatory schemes implemented by private parties. The attempts to regulate content raise the
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INTERNET MARKETING ABSTRACT Internet marketing is becoming a hot topic in every business sector‚ and gradually plays a truly important role in any company’s multi-channel marketing strategy. However‚ how to apply Internet marketing especially how to utilize it to attract more visitors to a certain website is still a big question for a number of advertisers. The thesis mainly covers the acquisition process of Internet marketing after touching upon the basic knowledge of Internet marketing
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INDEX 1. What is Marketing? 2. What is Internet Marketing? 3. Introduction 4. Objectives of online marketing 5. Objectives of a business having a retail outlet/ showroom. 6. Advantages of Internet Marketing 7. Disadvantages of Internet Marketing 8. The Questionnaire 9. The Results 10. Results in a nutshell 11. Survey conducted by SEO Industries- A U.S based industry 12. Literature Review 13. Recommendation 14. Conclusion 15. Bibliography 16. Webliography What is Marketing
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Internet Marketing: An Overview 1. Introduction During the past decade‚ the popularity of the Internet has been growing explosively. This trend is manifested in several ways. First‚ according to Cyberatlas.com (2002)‚ the Internet in the United States is growing at a rate of 2 million new Internet users each month; 143 million Americans (54 percent of the population) used the Internet in September 2001‚ a 26 percent increase over August 2000
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