Top 10 Negative Effects of Internet on Students Internet is the most powerful invention and if used in the positive direction‚ internet can prove to be very productive. But‚ these days‚ due to the social networking sites such as Facebook taking over‚ internet is producing adverse effects on the students‚ especially those students studying in college. As it is rightly said‚ something that has some positive effects also has some of the negative effects on the other hand. In this article‚ we are discussing
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Opioid abuse and Addiction is a terrible epidemic that is sweeping the nation like an air-born disease. People as young as teenagers who are still in high school are included in this epidemic. Opioids are drugs that slow down the actions of the body‚ such as breathing and heartbeat. Opioid addiction is a chronic disease‚ like heart disease or diabetes. A chronic disease is a medical condition for life and most cannot walk away from. Opioids also affect the brain to increase pleasant feelings. Doctors
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Cause and Effects of Computer Addiction In the 21st Century‚ computer addiction isn’t all that uncommon anymore. Now(‚) that anyone can get a relatively good PC without breaking the bank‚ more people are getting hooked without even knowing it. I can personally attest to computer addiction being a real problem in society today(remove today /....in the society). With online banking‚ shopping‚ TV/movies(donot use abbreviations......television...)‚ games‚ and other various means of entertainment(
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The Bad Effects of The Internet On The Teenagers Brent Staples is an editorial writer for the New York Times. In “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace”‚ Brent writes about how teenagers nowadays spend too much time on the Internet to communicate with each other‚ and forget to interact with families and friends in the real life. Using the Internet too much cost the teenagers don’t have socializing‚ the real world experience that would allow them to leave teenagers behind
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Cause and Effects of Computer Addiction In the 21st Century‚ computer addiction isn’t all that uncommon anymore. Now‚ that anyone can get a relatively good PC without breaking the bank‚ more people are getting hooked without even knowing it and became a computer addict. I can personally say that computer addiction being a real problem in society today. The online banking‚ shopping‚ movies‚ games‚ and other source of entertainment. There is really no need to leave the house other than for physical
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Negative Effects of Social Media: Abuse and Addiction Associated with Social Media Justin McIntyre English 1302‚ T-TH 5:30 Professor F. Dziadek November 25‚ 2014 Justin McIntyre 20 November 2014 A Call to Acton: Regulate the Use of Social Media Statistics show‚ each year 700 billion minutes are spent on Facebook alone‚ with a normal person spending approximately 15 hours a week‚ not attempting to calculate the time spent checking emails‚ playing video games‚ or just surfing the web
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Addiction: A Disease Or A Choice? Several people argue whether drug addiction is a disease or a choice. Today‚ I will be discussing this argument in hopes to have a better understanding as to why this topic is so controversial. Throughout my research‚ I easily found information on this topic and I am still not sure I have found any answers. The biggest argument is that addiction is a choice not a disease. For those on the other side of the argument they claim just the opposite. According
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Internet Addiction and How It Affects Educational Success Internet addiction has been recognized as an actual disorder and has been likened to other addictions such as to alcohol‚ drugs and smoking. Internet addiction is termed as Internet Addiction Disorder –IAD‚ a term first used by Goldberg (1996). -IAD exists when the individual experiences “decreased occupational‚ academic‚ social‚ work-related‚ family-related‚ financial‚ psychological‚ or physiological functioning”. The internet has become
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factor behind a lot of problems in the health of many humans. Addiction threatens people’s’ minds in different ways such as controlling their decisions‚ decreasing their productivity‚ and dispersing their attention (Sriwilai‚ 2016). Furthermore‚ social media has caused eating disorders for people especially among teenagers. Addiction and eating disorders have become a tremendous problem that needs to be understood by the society. Addiction to social media represents a serious phenomenon that can lead
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Drugs and Addiction Carl Jung‚ a Swiss psychiatrist once said: “Every form of addiction is bad‚ no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol‚ morphine or idealism.” I agree with what he said. It’s true; addiction is not only bad‚ it can be dangerous! Do you know how many people who take drugs die each year? According to WHO (World Health Organization)‚ 2‚000 Americans die each year from using heroin‚ in England‚ 5‚000. 2‚500 Americans die each year from using cocaine. Alcohol kills 80‚000 Americans
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