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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is called “Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing’ by Tamar Lewin. It was taken from the New York Times in November 2008. It talks about how teenagers are socializing online‚ which can be a good thing. The articles audience is mainly to the parents of teenagers‚ and their children‚ because its telling the parents not to be afraid if their children are ‘wasting time’ on the internet. The opinions expressed by the researchers in this article regarding Internet socializing‚ unlike what
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Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction In our generation today‚ the topic about Internet Addiction was widely known and this could be the possible reason why I chose and made a reflection paper out of this article. I could say that we are living now in a technological and modernized world. Although‚ some individuals may not include themselves as a so-called “techie person” or (an expert and professional individuals when it comes to technologies) but nowadays ‘MOST’ of us may conclude that we
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Children and the Internet There are repercussions when children get on the internet‚ because the internet influences them in many ways. The internet has become a popular technology in the past years. People are able to play‚ work‚ listen to songs‚ videos‚ texting‚ chatting and even watch movies. All this technology can be harmful not only to adults but can be brutal to children by being so nieve to this technology. The internet has many characteristics‚ which involve hospitals‚ schools‚ banks and
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The Impact of the Internet on People By: Danyell Smith April 28‚ 2006 ITEC 2215 Saturday Class Professor Alicia Davis The Internet has had a large impact on businesses‚ countries‚ and individuals. The Internet first started out as a research tool for Universities and now has become the "information freeway". The Internet has created problems for some companies and has helped other companies. The Internet has caused problems with individuals but has also helped many individuals. The
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"Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" (May 31) First paper on packet-switching (PS) theory 1962 J.C.R. Licklider & W. Clark‚ MIT: "On-Line Man Computer Communication" (August) Galactic Network concept encompassing distributed social interactions 1964 Paul Baran‚ RAND: "On Distributed Communications Networks" Packet-switching networks; no single outage point 1965 ARPA sponsors study on "cooperative network of time-sharing computers" TX-2 at MIT Lincoln Lab and AN/FSQ-32 at
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WITHOUT THE INTERNET‚ THE WORLD WOULD NOT FUNCTION Internet was one of the greatest inventions in the nineteenth century‚ it has progressed since then to meet our needs and like every other invention the internet has its benefits and flaws. The World Wide Web has made a difference to too many people all over the world‚ that if the internet was abolished the world would go on a downward spiral. This essay shall elaborate on the positive outcomes such as how the communication gap has been filled
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Internet fraud is a problem that has become very widespread in recent years. Internet fraud was first monitored by the Internet Fraud Watch organization in 1996. The Fraud Watch has stated that each year after its inception internet fraud has increased. In 1998‚ the Securities and Exchange Commission established the Office of Internet Enforcement to fight online securities fraud which was another sign of how large the problem is becoming (Clausing). Despite the SEC¡¦s efforts this problem has
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Is The Rage Of Text Messaging Leading To Less Than Desirable Social Interaction? As the world embraces the technological knowhow‚ preferred modes of communication have tremendously changed from the ancient modes. One such current modes of communication commonly used is the text messaging. Text messaging is a way of sending short written information to and from phone devices .Text messaging provides a fast‚ easy and discrete way of transferring information. Text messaging thus plays an important
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Internet has been the fastest source of all kinds of information nowadays. We can just visit the net‚ type‚ click search then we can get what we need and learn what we consider as necessary in our life. Some even look up the latest news neither in the television nor in radio but instead in the internet already. Yes indeed it is one of the easiest and quickest ways to get news. But‚ the question is‚ is it accurate enough to believe? People in this generation are very dependent on the web because
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