Argumentative Essay On Internet Addiction
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Abstract— This research examines three questions: Does Internet addiction really exist? If it does exist what criteria does one have to meet for them to be labeled as an Internet addict? And lastly an ethical evaluation of Internet addiction. The questions are explored by investigating the fundamentals of addiction (i.e., Compulsion, Obsession, living problems, lack of satisfaction) and then correlating them to excessive Internet use. This research concludes that whilst the concept of Internet addiction cannot be completely ruled out, the majority and most probable explanation when it comes to Internet addiction is that the Internet is being as a medium to engage in different types of addictions.
Keywords—addiction; salience; disorder; compulsion; obsession; tolerance; relapse;
I. INTRODUCTION
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the research examines three questions: does internet addiction exist? what criteria does one have to meet to be labeled as an internet addict?
- Explains that the rise of social pathologies brought by technology has led to a lot of research into the impact of technology on people's lives.
- Explains that the internet is a global communications network that connects computers worldwide.
- Explains that addiction occurs when a person ingests substances or engages in an activity that can be pleasurable but the continued use/act of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life.
- Defines disorder in merriam webster dictionary as a disturbance of regular/normal functions.
- Explains the rise of the internet as a business, information, entertainment, resources sharing, communication medium, and the increasing acceptance of behavioral addiction.
- Explains that both behavioral and substance addictions are characterized by an inability to control how often or how intensely you engage in an activity.
- Explains that internet addiction is resistant to treatment, entails significant risks, and has high relapse rates.
A lot of research has gone into understanding the real impacts of technology in people’s lives. The impact of Internet on our life becomes more and more significant and undeniable. Life without Internet is definitely very troublesome and inconvenient. However some do think that this technology is more of a nuisance than useful. Even more complaints have come forward about the Internet disrupting humanity. Over the last two decades people have seen time and again complaints from parents that their children play video games 24/7 or relationships that have been ruined because of a partners inability to use technology in moderation (i.e. Technological addictions). Technological addictions are categorized under behavioral addictions and involve human-technology interaction. They can be passive (e.g. television) or active (e.g. computer games) Internet Addiction does have the core components of any addiction and will be expounded on in this
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- Analyzes how the new york times article, "teens and screen time is a problem, but more study is needed", explains how internet usage can become an addiction. kimberly young agrees with potenza in the second level of definition.
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- Opines that internet is a big problem in our society today. many people use internet without knowing it.
- Argues that internet addiction should be reported in the diagnostic and statistic manual of mental disorder (dsm).
- Opines that internet is bad for our culture and society because we use it all the time without knowing that we are addicted.
- Analyzes how beato's article is targeted at college students because he thinks students get more affected from internet addiction.
- Analyzes how beato is targeting students in college because he gives example of a harvard student who lost his scholarship because of too much time playing games.
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- Explains that internet addiction is a growing problem with more and more people. it provides entertainment, information, and an escape from everyday life, but too much can be addictive.
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