The Internet Imagine a place where people interact in business situations‚ shop‚ play video games‚ do research‚ or study and get tutoring. Now imagine that there are no office buildings‚ no shopping centers‚ no arcades‚ no libraries‚ and no schools. These places all exist in a location called the Internet - "an anarchic eyetem (to use an oxymoron) of public and private computer networks that span the globe." (Clark 3). This technological advance not only benefits people of the present‚ but
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Addictive or Not Addictive? That Is The Question Marie Winn‚ author of “TV Addiction” states that‚ “television viewing‚ for those vulnerable to addiction‚ is more like drinking or taking drugs- once you start it’s hard to stop” (609). Winn strongly believes that television is so addicting that it can and will ruin people’s lives. The meaning of addiction according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is the compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (such as heroin‚ nicotine‚ alcohol)
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Strategic Audit of Kimberly-Clark Competition in the diaper industry raged on as Kimberly-Clark (KC) strived to stay ahead of its main competitor‚ Proctor and Gamble (P&G). By the end of 1989‚ KC’s Huggies controlled 32% of the market share—the highest of any single product competing in the diaper market. Now facing significant financial constraints‚ the leader in personal care products endeavored to create product improvements that would hold market share and outperform Proctor and Gamble’s
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Gamer Addiction is an obsession with video game playing that usually begins in elementary and middle school. By college‚ the individual progresses from simple to elaborate games and the student is game-hooked. An activity becomes an addiction when it is used to change an individual’s mood. It becomes abuse when it interferes with ’one’s work or school‚ or disrupts personal or family relationships‚ and becomes increasingly necessary to feel good’ (Orzack‚ 2005a‚ p. 1). Addiction takes away from
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If you are a love one live in either Pennsylvania or Florida and suffer from drug or alcohol addiction‚ it can be difficult to go through it alone‚ it is a good idea to contact an addiction treatment center for additional support. What qualifies as drug or alcohol addiction? It is widely considered socially acceptable if individuals have a few drinks with friends‚ with their meals or on occasion. Taking some form of prescription medication is within this category as well. However‚ if people are
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Models of Addiction SUBS 505 Models of Addiction The three models of addiction examined in this week’s readings include the medical model‚ the psychosocial model‚ and the disease of the human spirit model. The medical model “rests on the assumption that disease states are the result of a biological dysfunction‚ possibly one on the cellular or even molecular level” (Doweiko‚ 2012‚ p. 333). Many consider this model and “maintain that much of human behavior is based on the interaction between the
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email. Forget about wanting; this is needing. You finally give in to the urge and sneakily check your phone under the table -- or fake an urgent visit to the bathroom‚ where you’ll take a hit of the Internet while huddling in a stall.Anecdotally‚ our Internet use seems to have spawned real addictions. And according to several recently released surveys‚ we’ve got it bad.More than half of Americans would rather give up chocolate‚ alcohol and caffeine for a week before parting temporarily with their
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W hat is addiction? * Addiction has been defined as physical and psychological dependence on psychoactive substances (for example alcohol‚ tobacco‚ heroin and other drugs) which cross the blood-brain barrier once ingested‚ temporarily altering the chemical milieu of the brain. * Addiction is a primary‚ chronic‚ neurobiological disease‚ with genetic‚ psychosocial‚ and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by behaviours that include
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of sugar addiction in rats for years. Until now‚ the rats under study have met two of the three elements of addiction. They have demonstrated a behavioral pattern of increased intake and then showed signs of withdrawal. His current experiments captured craving and relapse to complete the picture. "If bingeing on sugar is really a form of addiction‚ there should be long-lasting effects in the brains of sugar addicts‚" Hoebel said. "Craving and relapse are critical components of addiction‚ and we have
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The following definitions apply to the current research. Addiction. Addiction is doing an action repeatedly. It has negative consequences‚ is long lasting‚ and is considered a brain disease that effects the brain (NIDA‚ 2014). Asthma. A condition in which one has trouble breathing because of a narrowed airway. It is classified as a lung disease and has symptoms such as shortness of breath and coughing (National Institute of Health‚ 2014). Chronic Pain. Chronic pain is pain that is long term
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