The Effects of Computer Addiction

Internet addiction has become a huge problem in today’s society. In Greg Beato’s article, he discusses the growing phenomena of internet addiction disorder. The writer explains that more and more people are becoming addicted to the internet. For example, he tells of a teenager in Ohio, who shot and killed his mom and injured his dad because they took away his Xbox. He tells how it is stated that five to ten percent of the 52 million internet users were addicted. The author is telling us that the internet has become very addictive in our everyday society.

Addiction online has become very common in this day and age. With 88.8% of Americans having access to a device with internet there are plenty of individuals who have started drifting away from from their friends and family because of internet addiction. Internet addiction can become very dangerous for youths who are beginning to develop core learning skills which become essential later on in their adult life. It can cause students grades to take a harsh dip. This type of addiction can even cause cause financial problems. It can cause financial problems because of online gambling where a person would end up losing their sense of time and continuously spend their hard earned money on a risky decision that can lead to depression and and has the potential to strain family

Behaviour is something we acquire and shape it to fit our requirements. Behaviour is shaped by an individual’s interaction with culture and environment. This behavioural report will focus on the undesired behaviour, which is the heavy internet usage. The report will aim to establish baseline, monitor the behaviour and execute treatments to reduce and control the undesired behaviour. Internet addiction is defined as the indulgent or overuse of the internet. Extreme internet use occurs daily in my life, regardless during anytime of the day. The undesired behaviour that is the internet addiction has to reduce the usage in order to have a positive impact on the life. The heavy internet usage has to be reduced, and in its place introduce hobbies and time for study. Boredom is the main cause for the need to use internet. In the internet there are comics, television shows and other activities that could help elevate boredom. Due to the heavy internet use, socializing with family and friends have been significantly reduced. The repeated heavy internet usage has an impact on the physical burden and mental stressors on my life. The internet usage has been a repeated behaviour since I was twelve years old. The internet usage has been my repeated behaviour for a long time

Since the introduction of personal computers, people have gradually become more secluded. Although computers are quite essential, it has reached a point where many people rely too much on them. Computers are meant to be used to get a task done, and not to the point where they become the main, if not the only form of entertainment. Today, computer dependency has become a problem among American teenagers, who often devote most of their time playing video games or surfing the internet (Friedman, 2005). This

The Internet is a worldwide system of computer networks. Today, it is a public, cooperative and self­-sustaining facility accessible to millions of people. This global access to a new world has its shortcomings. One of many that might be considered the most important is addiction; I can easily confess that I see myself as a cell phone addicted person. After reading the article “Half of Teens Think They” by Kelly Wallace, I came to a conclusion that I am not the only one who faces this impasse. However, the article also says that it is difficult to say how many teens are truly addicted to their devices and the Internet. Also it is found a problem, because parents feel their teens spend too much time on their mobile devices. Trying to solve this difficulty, some parents came up with solutions.

A new epidemic has fallen over America and is spreading like wild fire across the states as more and more fall victim to its claws. That epidemic is known as internet addiction which many of today’s youths are prone to due to the widespread usage of technology. Excessive use of the internet has proven hazardous to the generation because it decreases cognitive ability, impairs social development, and increases health problems. Since the current American society relies heavily on technology and web searches through google, the internet has become a necessary essential and making addiction almost inevitable.

Internet addiction also will have negative effects on students’ school lives. Internet addiction will make students lose energy to study, which could take students’ mark down. For students, studying is one of the most things in their life. Students had better pay more attention to studying. They need to deal with exams, assignments, group projects, various extracurricular activities etc. If students want to have good marks, they have to stay health because study needs energy and internet addition will let people have less energy. Internet addiction will make students unhealthy and have worse marks. There are some researches showing that the internet can distract students from their study (Noreen Akhter, 2013, Pg1795). Spending a lot time on the internet may increase the chances

Kwiatkowska examined 100 students aged 19 to 24 years old and resulted that due to long term stay online, young people have problem in learning, work and family’s duties, online stay above 5 hours a day maybe followed by increased risk of addiction (Kwiatkowska et.al, 2007). Excessive user and addictive user may face some problems due to their Internet usage problem.

The purpose of this paper is to show the many different ways that people can become addicted to the web (Internet) and to try to explain why. The various aspects of the web, such as the wide range of information, the advanced technology, and alternate ways of communication have contributed to its addictive nature.

In the article, “The Bad, the Ugly, and the Good of kids Use of Social Media,” Jim Taylor gives us a definition of the phrase internet addiction. He states, “Internet addiction is commonly characterized as excessive use of internet that interferes with daily functioning and that can lead to distress or harm,”. The addiction from the internet surely has a price to pay. Internet addiction is harmful psychologically, addictions to the internet shouldn’t be our only concern when it comes to social media, and internet addiction has no age limit.

According to ¨Americans-are-addicted-to-smartphones¨ 58 percent of U.S. smartphone owners check their phones at least every hour — and a large share check their phones while in bed or in the bathroom. If in some catastrophic event they were to lose their device, 73 percent of people admit they would feel “panicked” while another 14 percent would feel “desperate” (Fitzgerald). This goes to show just how smartphones and technology in general have taken over the lives of people considering that smartphones were not popular until the late 2010.

The results from the study show that those who use the internet for durations of 5 hours or more experience higher problematic use levels. Also, by using the correlation analysis method, the results indicated that there was a positive correlation between problematic internet use and loneliness, communication, unpopularity anxiety and physiological symptoms. More results showed that male students were found to have a higher level of excessive internet use than females and relationships over the internet were high than those of others determined by the t-test.

This paper will focus on Internet addiction and the potential psychological issues it can create for college students. The Internet is changing the way we live but not always in a better way. The overuse or abuse of Internet can have negative influences on our lives and lead to maladaptive behaviors (Işıklar, 2011). This is more profound in the adolescent age group of people growing up with the internet (Fisoun,

Nowadays, the Internet is one of the most important means of modern technology, which occupies and invades minds and souls. This technology is exploited by some to satisfy their curiosity, to learn about new discoverers, and to be challenged by adventures and to satisfy other desires. Despite the privileges it has brought to people's lives, the Internet however has its own disadvantages. Internet addiction is one of the most dangerous and frightening problems that has swept the world in all societies, and it is a new disease of this modern age. Internet addiction in people can be expressed in terms of the excessive time and intent that is being put in its use. Young people are usually victims of Internet addiction. Therefore, the compulsive

There is not a clear stated definition of digital addiction however Shaw and Black (2008) characterize Internet addiction by excessive or poorly preoccupations, urges or behaviours regarding computer use and internet access that lead to impairment or distress. However as the term addict is a strong description DA is seen as a general misuse of the internet in various forms, as no formal definition exists the author sees the disorder as problematic computer usage resulting in negative consequences. According to Young et al DA is a broad term covering a wide variety of behaviours and impulse control problems. K.Young (1999) also categorised DA into five subtypes of DA, they are cybersexual addiction, cyberrelationship addiction; net compulsion (e.g. gambling or shopping on the internet); information overload (e.g. compulsive database searching); and computer addiction (excessive game-playing). This project highlights social network addiction which falls into the category of cyberrelationship addiction but also contemplates all other types.