The term internet addiction refers to the over usage of the internet including its different applications such as social websites. The usage of the term "addiction" has been an argumentative issue between the scientists because it is applied on the overuse of substances only such as drugs, tobacco, food ,etc. Those scientists like to call it process addictions when the person is addicted to an activity or behavior. However, the American Psychological Association has marked it as a disorder .
Few years ago, the number of internet users was not as big as today where the technology is cheap and available. Also , nowadays, internet is more related to our social life and its applications are effecting almost every part of our daily life. In addition, it changed the way that we live and communicate. As a result, the possibility of being an internet addicted is high and it is getting higher with the development of the this technology. Also more, Affonso(1999) has considered loneliness and lack of social support as variables social isolation which lead to internet addiction. These two factors are considered as the strongest and most effective factors according to Ramachandran(2000).
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Thulfiqar
Few years ago, the number of internet users was not as big as today where the technology is cheap and available. Also , nowadays, internet is more related to our social life and its applications are effecting almost every part of our daily life. In addition, it changed the way that we live and communicate. As a result, the possibility of being an internet addicted is high and it is getting higher with the development of the this technology. Also more, Affonso(1999) has considered loneliness and lack of social support as variables social isolation which lead to internet addiction. These two factors are considered as the strongest and most effective factors according to Ramachandran(2000).
That was an overview about the topic
Thulfiqar
thank u very much thulfiqar yah nowadays internet effecting every part of our lives
ReplyDeleteAs I understand form what are you saying my friend Thulfiqr.
ReplyDeleteThat internet addiction became a big problem in our life also we can say that it had became a disease so instead of sitting and enjoying our all day in computer why we don’t go out to do some sport or read some books and in this situation we would not hurt our eyes and would not be addicted to the internet.
i disagree with u my dear friend adil internet is not big problem but the addiction is the problem because people nowadays use internet and depend on it in many important things.
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ReplyDeleteLike thulfiqar said internet became part of our daily life, nowadays we can't even imagine a world without internet.so the thing is that internet becomes a problem when it is overused in other words internet is a problem when you spend much more time on it than you should. otherwise internet is really a useful tool.nowdays you can chat instantly with people from different contents and many others things.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with thulfiqar. Sometimes people think they are not addicted to the internet even me. The thing is that we don't realize that we open e-mail every morning, chat every single day, and watch movies online. For those people who have advanced mobile phones, they even use the internet to check out their facebook page when they're shopping or walking. Internet addiction is something that can be treated and prevented. Use spare time to do sports activities with family and friends than sitting front of your computer.
ReplyDeletei can't agree more with Thulfiqar .. being in this life you gotta be involved with the internet sooner or later ..
ReplyDeleteThank you guys, Actually the problem is not the internet itself, it's all about the wrong understanding of the purpose of the internet.The internet and social websites are meant to be a communication tools to share ideas and opinions and to save time. They meant to make our life easier. However, this concept has been changed. social networks and internet are a source of games and tools to waste time.
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