Investigative Report of Internet Addiction Essay -- Internet Addiction

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... ...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.,   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Los Angeles Times, , pp A-18. Network Wizards, [online]   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  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]   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Available URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~ksy/ Merit Network Inc., [online]   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Available URL: ftp://nic.merit.edu/statistics/nsfnet/