Investigative Report of Internet Addiction

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Investigative Report of Internet Addiction

TABLE OF CONTENT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ...............................................iv

ABSTRACT.............................................................v

INTRODUCTION ........................................................1

Purpose .............................................................1

Growth Of The Internet ..............................................1

THE ADDICTION .......................................................2

What causes it ......................................................2

Symptoms ............................................................3

How To Overcome The Addiction........................................4

The elements of any addiction........................................4

CONCLUSION ..........................................................8

One Last Interesting Question .......................................9

REFERENCES ..........................................................10

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Figures

1. The number of networks connected to the Internet vs. Time.

2. The percentage of the Internet domains

3. Will the equation people = Internet Users be true in 2001?

ABSTRACT

The problem of Internet addiction is not very noticeable now and that's why not

many people are taking it seriously, but what these people are failing to see is

the connection between the very rapid growth of the Internet and the addiction

problem. It is really simple logic the bigger the Internet get the more users

will be which will lead to a bigger number of addicts that can have their lives

as well as others corrupted by this behavior. The main objective of this paper

is to make sure that all reader know and understand what Internet addiction is

and how it can be solved or avoided. I can not offer a professional psychiatric

solution but I believe if a person knows more about the addiction, the better

chance they have to help themselves as well as others; that's why I have

included a short summary of the elements of addiction.

I hope that by the time you read my paper you will have a better understanding

about this issue to keep yourself as well as others of taking Internet addiction

lightly.

INTRODUCTION

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to make you, the reader, alert and more aware of

the newest type of addiction, Interne...

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...not be life threatening like some drug addiction, but it can very harmful

to the person professional and personal life. The key to staying away from this

addiction is to understand its elements and have a strong will power to control

one's self from all the temptations that the Internet might provide.

One Last Interesting Question

We all know that more and more people are gaining access to the Internet some

way or another, but not every body had the chance of looking at figure 3 !

Figure 3. Will the equation people = Internet Users be true in 2001? (Source:

ftp://nic.merit.edu/statistics/nsfnet)

REFERENCES

Elias, M. (7/7/1996) Net overuse called "true addiction", USA Today, pp 1-A.

McAllester, M. (5/5/1996), Study says some may be addicted to the Net; Bulldog

Edition.,

Los Angeles Times, , pp A-18.

Network Wizards, [online]

Available URL: http://www.nw.com/zone/

Rodgers, J. (1994), Treatments that works, Vol. 27, Psychology Today, pp 34.

Young, Kimberly, Centre of on-line addiction (COLA), [online]

Available URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~ksy/

Merit Network Inc., [online]

Available URL: ftp://nic.merit.edu/statistics/nsfnet/

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