Internet Addiction

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help for web addicts is available. There
are several web sites available for the treatment of Internet addiction, as
well as counseling centers and clinics. Is it Live, or is it Internet?
Internet Addiction The Internet is the largest most versatile source of
information in the world today. With its web sites and chat rooms, it is a
means of communicating with people in places all over the face of the earth.
But with all this power at our fingertips, are there any negative impacts
of using this interface? Are we as 'simple humans' capable of interacting
with such a powerful communication source. Recent studies are beginning to
uncover evidence that would suggest that maybe some of us are not so
capable of dealing with this technology. In fact, as more research is
conducted, experts are finding that the Internet may even be addictive!

Development of the Internet began about 15 years ago. In 1973 the U.S.
Defense Research Projects Agency initiated a program to research the
techniques ...

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the whirlwind rate at which the Internet grows. In fact,
some say that the Internet is so enjoyable that it is almost addicting! The
problem is that recent studies have shown that the Internet may not only be
addicting because it is enjoyable, but that a fairly large number of users
are experiencing addiction of a clinical form.4

Identifying which category of addiction the Internet falls into is another
problem. There are no real answers yet because research in this area is at
the beginning stages. A few researchers are comparing the Internets effects
to marijuana as a psychostimulant. They argue that the chemicals in
marijuana activate the same stimuli as the Internet.5 Most ...

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