An Assessment Internet Behaviors

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An Assessment Internet Behaviors

Little research has been done on the changing behaviors that accompany Internet use. With a questionnaire passed out to a 53 people, (32 males and 21 females) the amount of time spent on line compared to the lifestyles and the behaviors of the user. The results, some interpretations and implication for further research are discussed.

An Assessment of Internet Behaviors

In the past few years the Internet has taken over the world, as we knew it. The Internet has opened the door to long distance communication via email and instant messaging. We can now shop pay bills, attend college, listen to music, bank and find romance while never leaving our house.

However, with the good comes the bad. Families are splitting up, children are being neglected and pedophiles have found that they have easier access to young children. John Baptiste paid the ultimate price. John and Debi purchased a personal computer for their family business. Within a year Debi, a compulsive gambler, had lost $30,000 while gambling online, then out of desperation she committed suicide (Jabs 74). In Cincinnati, a mother of three found herself so engrossed with the internet that she would lock herself in her room with her computer while her children played in squalor on the other side of the door. She was charged with child endangerment. A pedophile in London, England used the Internet to entice a 13-year-old girl to his home for sex was jailed for five years. Isn’t it ironic that he was arrested while on his way to meet a 14-year-old girl that he met on the Internet while posing as a 15-year-old boy (Reid).

The stories are endless; marriages breakup daily as someone starts a cyber affair, or someone fee...

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...ilies (Jabs 78) and is also affecting the future of social relationships.

Internet addiction is not limited to urban America. As we see with this very small and convenient survey, the Internet has changed the lives of people in small areas like Arkadelphia. Every house that has a computer with Internet access is susceptible to this disorder. Families need to be aware of the potential dangers of their online time. This survey clearly warrants the need for more in depth research concerning Internet behaviors and how it affects the family and social relationships of the user.

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References

Jabs, Carolyn (2001, March). Addicted to the net. Family PC, 72-78.

Reid, Tim (2000, October 25). Man jailed for luring girl in net ‘chat room’. The London

Times [Online], Available: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-24869,00.html

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