A Study of Internet Addiction: Status and Causes Introduction: A passion adds value to one ’s life‚ an addiction takes away value. When the line between these two is crossed‚ the addict is often the last to know‚ due to their denial. A family and social history will reveal that the subject is being evaluated by close friends as actually suffering a great loss from their activity. While time spent online can be hugely productive‚ compulsive Internet use can interfere
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Modern age is the period of wonderful development of science. Man has brought the world into his fist by dint of his own effort. One of the unique contributions of this period is “internet” this combined w-process of satellite technology and computer has brought an all pervading possible of human welfare. World internet is the abbreviated form of international network. The network od all networks is the most modern success of information technology. it can collect and send messages ‚information ‚picture
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rights reserved 10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141922 0066-4308/04/0204-0000$14.00 BARGH MCKENNA INTERNET AND SOCIAL LIFE THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL LIFE John A. Bargh and Katelyn Y.A. McKenna New York University‚ New York‚ New York 10003; email: john.bargh@nyu.edu‚ kym1@nyu.edu Key Words communication‚ groups‚ relationships‚ depression‚ loneliness Abstract The Internet is the latest in a series of technological breakthroughs in interpersonal communication‚ following the telegraph
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“Closeness Is Not Related to Distance” is an advertising slogan‚ seen at the Blackberry Store at the Hartsfield International Airport. From a subjective viewpoint‚ has the Internet and other technologies added to our sense of connectedness and well being in our families and communities? The Internet was lauded as the technology that was going to connect the world together with the ability to communicate and work with people of like minds who may live around the corner or across the world. When
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The Internet has been flying into homes across America since the mid 1990s when it first took off for personal use and it wasn’t but a few years later that it began to go viral for many convenience reasons. Today it is hard to even find some place that doesn’t have Internet in America. Just about everywhere you go people have Internet access may it be their home or a café around the corner‚ and if its not there they are more than likely to have it on their phone. In the past few years though Internet
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We can describe the Internet as a system operating in a certain environment. The Internet can be described as a communication system‚ consisting of certain components between which certain interactions are observable to an observer. The environment provides a structural coupling between the Net and its support from the environment. The environment "holds" the system and provides the relevant resources and supports to maintain the systems functions. The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction
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IMPACT OF INTERNET USE ON CHILDREN/ADOLESCENTS By Miss Kaleyvani Geeseeny Sawmy Clinical Psychologist Children’s motives Few studies have been conducted – that can explain people’s motives for using internet. Research suggest that children use media for entertainment and relaxation purposes (to relieve boredom‚ to play games‚ or for social interaction) however little is known about what really motivate children to use Internet. Adolescents’ motives Use the Internet more for
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Internet Age Restrictions For years humanity has been making use of the internet for the fast sharing of information. The collective knowledge of man can even be held in your hand at this point while using a Smart-phone. Although there are many beneficial aspects‚ there are things and people out on the ’net that pose a problem to our children. Internet age restrictions should be put into place on various websites that pose the risk of exposing children to disturbing or inappropriate imagery and
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Vs. Newspapers We all know that newspapers companies are the first to keep us updated with the news every day. But as time goes by there are technologies that were invented as another source of news information that is the internet. But if you notice that even if the internet has already been invented‚ there are still newspaper companies that still go on with their business. One reason is that‚ there are advantages and disadvantages with online news vs. newspapers. Let’s first talk about newspapers
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Internet usage and gender digital divide in a Romanian students’ sample (Codoban‚ 2005) This research focuses on analyzing gender differences in technology adoption and internet usage. As the global penetration rate of the internet increases‚ the tendency towards the narrowing of gender digital divide increases. Previous studies have shown that there is no gender difference in internet use in the USA and a rapid rise in the proportion of female internet users in China. From the study findings‚
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