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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07 December 2010
One of the major reasons that the Internet is so addicting is the lack of limits and the absence of accountability. When you are online, you often feel anonymous and alone. We act differently when we are alone. That’s a fact. Within a social setting, there is a natural accountability that we feel towards those [...]
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06 December 2010
I can recall the first time someone showed me a web filter. In 2000, I started to work at a company that had developed an Internet Content Filter. At first, the idea made me uncomfortable. Why should anyone be able to control what others are viewing online? I was not sure that I would want [...]
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06 December 2010
The Internet has brought a 24/7 casino into homes across the world. People, who would have never tried gambling before the Internet existed, are increasingly exposed to the countless options and temptation to try their luck online. Attempts to regulate and even stop access to gambling sites in many countries have failed and the online [...]
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26 November 2010
Masturbation is a part of healthy sexual behavior (See table below). However, for some, masturbation can become compulsive and disruptive to a person’s daily life. it can even cause physical problems So when does masturbation turn into masturbating too much? How many times is too many times? When should you seek out help to stop a [...]
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