NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sexual Addiction, Prefrontal Cortex, Grey Matter
2 Dec 2016
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Kardefelt-winther (2014): internet addiction (key word is control), lost of controlthe idea of a person who can"t control their internet use, once a person can"t control it has negative consequences on their life. Internet addiction: about lost of control, about negative consequences once you lose that control. If you use the internet too much and are aware about it, You may begin to distance yourself from family and friends called (social withdrawal), Increasingly feel negative feelings like anger, depressions, sadness and anxiety, Last thing the short term and long term consequences internet might have on you (school work) impact your ability to do a job if graduated. In china, internet addiction is considered to be a very problematic occurrence amongst chinese youth. China decided to accept internet addiction, however in north america people are continuing to debate whether on if internet addiction actually exists. People have labeled internet addiction as problematic internet use, internet dependency dysfunctional internet use .
