Internet Addiction and it Effects on Educational Success Surname‚ Name Professor Institution Course Date Internet addiction is a maladaptive condition of continuously using the internet‚ which has strong withdrawal symptoms like depression‚ and loneliness‚ especially when the victims get off the net for long periods (Johnsons 2009). Just like drug‚ and alcohol addiction‚ internet dependency comes along with a psychological dependency‚ which may lead to medically significant impairments‚
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Downloading and Streaming has been the two most active activities in the Internet. There has never been a time where the Internet stops sending files from one computer to another. In this article‚ I will discuss the addiction that can arise from these two activities as well as their causes. To start the topic‚ let’s begin with downloading addiction. It has been a problem of various individuals to break free from the addictive feeling of ‘Downloading’. Their download queue ranges from Music‚ Movies
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Melinda VanPelt Ms. Jan Rozich English 111 1BA 16 November‚ 2008 Is the Internet Safe for Children? A lot of parents think that their children are safe surfing the internet. When in reality children can be exposed to all kinds of different types of things that are not safe for them on the internet. From pornography‚ child pornography‚ child abduction‚ child abuse‚ video games‚ videos‚ cyber-bullying‚ online chat rooms and social sites such as; MySpace‚ tagged‚ hi5‚ facebook and many other social
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It is an undeniable fact that computers have had an enormous impact on the 21st century. Computers have introduced today’s society to “instant getification‚” a term which represents how people are able to shop‚ listen to their favorite songs‚ find an old friend or get information on virtually anything they desire at the touch of a mouse click. Long gone are the days of depending on phonebooks‚ encyclopedias or the Dewey Decimal system; and rightfully so‚ especially when there is Google. Despite the
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Journal Six Week Six Miriam A. James EDU648-TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH TECHNOLOGY Professor: Dr. Kathy Zientek October 8‚ 2012 Recap From learning theories to technology tools‚ what do you find to be the most challenging aspect of teaching and learning with technology? What do you find to be the most beneficial? From learning theories to technology tools the most challenging aspect of teaching and learning with technology has been the expanding rapid modern technologies themselves. Teachers
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Internet Addiction: An Escape from Reality With the creation of an online world comes the creation of new problems. The great network system known as the Internet has allowed for huge advances in the world‚ while creating very serious issues as well. Perhaps one of the most common of these negative issues is Internet Addiction Disorder‚ or IAD. Doctors Aviv Weinstein and Michel Lejoyeux define Internet addiction as being “characterized by excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations‚ urges
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Literature: Lepper‚ M. R. & Gurtner‚ J (2000)‚ states that prolonged and excessive use of these games can cause‚ mainly upon children‚ a number of physical and psychological problems which may include obsessive‚ addictive behaviour‚ dehumanization of the player‚ desensitizing of feelings‚ personality changes‚ hyperactivity learning disorders‚ premature maturing of children‚ psychomotor disorders‚ health problems (due to lack of exercise & tendonitis)‚ Development of anti-social behaviour and loss
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A WEEK WITHOUT COMPUTER & INTERNET The word like technologies‚ computer‚ gadgets‚ mobiles phones‚ tablets‚ smart phones‚ LCDs‚ LEDs sound so familiar & are used I our day to day lives .However these words would definitely be confusing or unheard to people I earlier times. Today’s generation has become such that their lives revolve around these modern technologies‚ latest gadgets‚ media‚ internet etc. It is like impossible for them to even stay without these for even one day. Unlike the olden
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known that we are living in technological era. The computers became irreplaceable tool in everyday life of almost each person. The adult users generally use it for business purposes while youngsters for computer games. Computers became that part of our life and every important component in the spheres of the life leisure. And nowadays majority of young people spend their leisure time playing computer games‚ surfing through the internet. Computer have become one of the favorite time-spending of young
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Abstract: Given that the Internet is an engineered system like any other‚ why should we distinguish "Internet research" from any other study of technology? One answer is that computers are distinctive in their direct and systematic relationship to language. Another is that the Internet‚ through its layered architecture‚ is highly appropriable. Even so‚ the Internet does not cause a revolution or define a wholly separate "cyber" sphere. Instead‚ due to its distinctive qualities‚ it participates in
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