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INTERNET USERS TURN ADDICTS - Online Essay

INTERNET USERS TURN ADDICTS

On June 14, ABC news reported that an "internet-crazed"
Cincinnati woman was arrested for neglecting her three young children.
The woman reportedly spent 12 hours straight online, while her hungry
kids were locked away in one room so she could be online without
interruption. The three kids were placed in county custody while the
mother was tossed in jail.
The Internet is rapidly becoming an addictive source to a lot of
its users. Users of the Internet include students, housewives, and
business professionals. Some of these Internet users spend a minimum of
thirty-eight hours per week on the "net"; hence, losing touch with
reality and reeking havoc on their studies, family lives or ...

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without getting online; only, to stay up
all night in a chat room online. Or businesspeople who stay after office
hours to supposedly get a late report done; only, to stay online until
the security guy's ready to lock up the building. Or husbands who stay
offline all day, only to get online for hours after their family members
are asleep. These users are addicts but portray themselves otherwise in
the presence of people.
Next, are "the I-only-use-it-when-I-have-to-users." These users
make convenient excuses to use the Internet. Mothers who claim they have
to visit their child's school's website, to read the highlights of the
last PTA meeting, while they could have waited for the minutes of the
meeting in the mail. They end up staying online for hours. Or college
students who insist on checking out the ratings of a movie online, using
this as an excuse to stay online for hours; while they could have looked
in the local newspaper. Or businesspeople who use checking for e- ...

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Added: 3/17/2007 10:32:01 PM
Category: Social Issues
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