Internet Addiction

Group
Cybershakes

Group Members
Amber Lick, Joel Carlson, Christine Keck

Project Statement
Internet addiction disorder, internet and video game addiction, outlets, prevention, what to look for etc

Internet aAddiction
Mini Outline

Internet addiction

Hours spent online

Doing what online

Video game addiction

(ex. World of Warcraft, Everquest, MMORPGs in general...) widowsofwarcraft.com, facebook groups

Second life

Downloading music/videos (you've never listened to half your music)

Youtube

RSS feeds/Newsgroups

Popular photosharing sites (flickr...)

Forums (gaia online...something like 37million users)

Prevention, problems

Theres has to be some sort of study relating school marks/productivity to hours spent online

Parental controls on video games, windows limiting computer time

''' Growing Problem? '''


 * 1) of estimated addictions versus previous years

Drugs Addiction
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- Description

- Symptoms and diagnosis

- Self test

- Examples

- Signs you are addicted

- Recovery

- Studies

- What makes the internet addictive? (gambling, gaming, auctions)

- Problems with this theory