2. Spending Too Much
Time Online?
For many users, all it takes is a desire
to reduce consumption.
For other users, it’s not that simple.
3. “Internet addiction is defined as
the compulsive urge to continually
use the Net, whether it be to
spend hours surfing the Web, hang
around in IRC chartrooms, or play
on-line games..”
In Book Reviews, Chris Mitchell Kimberly S. Young: Caught in the Net
4. Different Types of Internet Addictions
Information overload
Too much online surfing leads to decreased productivity at work
and fewer interactions with family members
Compulsions
Excessive time spent in online activities such as gaming,
trading of stocks, gambling and even auctions often leads to
overspending and problems at work
Cybersex addiction
Too much surfing of porn sites often affects real-life
relationships.
Cyber-relationship addiction
Excessive use of social networking sites to create relationships
rather than spending time with family or friends may destroy
real-life relationships.
6. 1 out of 8 Americans suffer from Internet Addiction
14% said it is hard to abstain from Internet use for
several days
5.9 % said excessive Internet use affected their
relationships
72% Adult Internet users who join social media, up from 67%
in 2012
41 hours the average American spends watching some forms of
video (TV, Tablet, Computer or smartphone) per week that
works out to 5.5 hours a day
10. 1) Do you feel absorbed in the internet
(remember previous online activity or long
for the next session?)
2)Do you feel satisfied with internet use if
you increase your amount of online time?
3)Have you failed to control, reduce, or
give up internet use repeatedly?
11. 4) Do you feel nervous, temperamental,
sensitive when trying to reduce or give up
internet use?
5) Do you stay online longer than originally
intended?
6) Have you taken the risk of losing a
significant relationships, jobs, educational
or career opportunity because of the internet?
12. 7) Have you lied to your family members,
therapists or others to hid the truth of
your involvement with the internet?
8) Do you use the internet as a way of
escaping from problems or of relieving an
anxious mood?
You are an internet addict if you answered
“yes” to questions one to five and to at
least one of the remaining questions
15. Emotional Symptoms of Internet
Addiction
Feelings of guilt
Anxiety & Depression
Dishonesty
Euphoric feelings when in front of the computer
Unable to keep schedules
No sense of time
Isolation
Defensiveness
Avoiding doing work
Agitation
16. Physical symptoms of
Internet Addiction
Backache
Headaches
Weight gain or loss
Disturbances in sleep
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Blurred or strained vision
17. Too much internet use can
damage teenagers' brains'
Scientists discovered signs of atrophy of grey
matter in the brains of heavy internet users that
grew worse over time
This could affect their concentration and memory,
as well as their ability to make decisions and set
goals. It could also reduce their inhibitions and
lead to ‘inappropriate’ behavior
18. I only go online once a day,
for about 24 hours
My Parents should be so proud of me because
I’m addicted to internet, and not drugs
19.
20.
21. Prevention:
1)Face Reality: Interact socially with
real live people
2)Face Your problems: Don’t use the
internet to avoid your problems, tackle
them head on
3)Monitor your time Limit your internet
use each day
22. 4) Out of sight out of mind: Avoid being
around computers once you finished your work
5) Make it real: tell others about the
amount of time you spend online
23. References
In Book Reviews, Chris Mitchell Kimberly S. Young: Caught in the Net
Psychguide.com
http://www.psychguides.com/guides/computerinternet-addiction-symptoms-causes-and-effects/
Http://www.netaddiction.com/whatis.htm
Niemz, Griffiths & Banyard, 2005
UC Irvine Study 2012
PEW research center’s internet & American Life project 2013
American Time USE survey 2013
www.sitopia.com
Survey conducted in Feb 2013, Hashimoto Laboratory and the institute for information and Communication Policy,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2015196/Too-internet-use-damage-teenagers-brains.html
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