12 July 2011
A recent Supreme Court case challenged the state of California’s ban on the sale of violent video games to children. I personally can not think of a more straight forward no brainer. Yes, banning the sale of violent video games, the kinds that include hardcore violence and even rape, should obviously not be sold to [...]
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10 July 2011
More and more children are at risk of developing an online gaming addiction. If you feel you don’t have the power to reduce that risk, think again. It’s not only something you can do — it is your responsibility to do it. One key reason that children have parents is because they can’t monitor themselves. [...]
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17 May 2011
I have heard from many online gamblers that they would like to have a way to guarantee that they can’t gamble online. In other words, they are so miserable about their gambling problem, they are willing to do just about anything to stop. There are a few software companies that are providing a solution for [...]
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27 April 2011
A Microsoft research poll conducted on the MSN website has revealed some very concerning statistics about Internet usage among children. I hope this will be a wakeup call for someone with some influence. Here are some of the findings they published in February, 2011: The Things I was Happy To Hear 87% of parents reported [...]
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25 January 2011
This is a question many people are wondering about themselves or their loved ones. It is not uncommon for people today to spend entire days online. Some do it for work, some do it to participate in video games like the World of Warcraft and some do it for research and school. So can we [...]
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12 January 2011
In 2004, the first reliable measure for Internet Addiction assessment was developed and is being widely used today. Subjects are asked a series of 20 questions. The answers they provide are on a scale of 0-5. Once all of the questions are answered, the total score is compiled. The higher the score, the more severe [...]
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28 December 2010
Social Media has gone mainstream. Kids, teens, adults, senior citizens . . . everyone is using it. We are all on Facebook, we have friends that Tweet and it is now an integral part of daily life. But to what degree has social media penetrated our lives.? Does it interfere with our life? Does it [...]
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22 December 2010
It’s been an interesting week in governments pondering how to be more involved in Internet access. In the UK, government officials announced their intention to meet with leading ISPs to begin to work on a plan for making online pornography an opt-in only option. What does that mean? It means that in the UK, families [...]
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16 December 2010
This is a funny take on social media addiction — addiction to Facebook, Twitter, messaging, gaming, etc. But watch it and you may see some of yourself or people you know. They take it to the extreme, but sadly, there are many people who it just may remind you of!
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16 December 2010
Most of us like to shop and who has not had the experience of buying something you really do not need or can not afford? We live in a consumer culture and we can not avoid going through a day without having literally hundreds of products and services pushed at us — through TV ads, [...]
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