Negative Effects of Computer Addiction to the Academic Performance of Engineering Students

With the growth of technology in recent years, many people have added the internet as a part of their daily routine. It has become very common to go online for most people, as it makes interaction and finding information into a much simpler task. The internet is a great place for social networking and meeting or communicating with people across the world. Nicholas Carr, author of the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, claims that using the internet on a regular basis can potentially make people less intelligent. Alongside damaging your general intelligence, I believe that it is also possible for a person to become addicted to the internet.

The website also states that those who suffer from other addictions, lack of social support, unhappiness, becoming less mobile and socially active and stress can also contribute to the development of internet addiction in adolescents. Having other addictions such as gambling or alcohol are found in many adolescents who suffer from internet addiction. Having a lack of social support offline can cause adolescents to seek new relationships online in order to fulfill their social needs. This ties in with being unhappy and becoming more comforta... ... middle of paper ... ...parental+monitoring+and+leisure+boredom+on...-a0217847460 Costea, I., Jinaru, A., Munteanu, A., Palos, R. (2009). Psychological and behavior aspects regarding internet addiction.

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This content is also not in agreement with some of societies morals. There are multiple research studies that show how the Internet negatively affects humans in society emotionally and socially, educationally, medically and morally. One of the major aspects of the Internet is how it affects humans’ emotions. There is one aspect of this, which has sprouted a new subject of academic research. Internet addiction is rapidly becoming a compulsive disorder as well as a sign of failure to control impulse emotions and to limit Internet use.

According to research, adolescents who suffer from an addiction to the Internet are likely to suffer from symptoms similar to those of other addictions such as “a negative impact on identity formation and change the structure of the developing brain. In addition to this, it may negatively affect cognitive functioning, lead to poor academic performance and engagement in risky activities, poor dietary habits, low quality of interpersonal relations, and self-injurious behavior in adolescents” (Griffiths, Kuss, Shorter, van de Mheen, & van Rooij, 2013). Researchers have found that Internet addiction likes company, that is, this condition often has a high comorbidity rate with other disorders and addictions such as depressive disorders, social phobia, insomnia, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders. Some of the more intense disorders that Internet addiction likes to cohabitate with are schizophrenia and elevated hostility levels (Griffiths, Kuss, Shorter, van de Mheen, & van Rooij, 2013). Researchers have also found a link between personality traits and Internet addiction prevalence.

Communication The most dominant use of the Internet in the everyday lives of users has become for communication with others (Kraut, Mukhopadhyay, Szczypula, Kiesler, & Scherlis, 1998). This communication can be through the forms of e-mail, or instant messaging. The immediate access it allows to anyone across the world has allowed people to maintain relationships with friends who have moved and would other wise have lost contact. It may also allow for people to meet others in an online setting and develop a cyber relationship that they may not have had the ability to do face to face due to psychological issues of social anxiety, or loneliness (Bamrud, 2002; McKenna, 2002). These relationships that have developed purely over the use of the Internet have shown to not be near as effective in maintaining psychological wellbeing as a deep relationship with one through face to face means is proven to be (S. Cohen & Wills, 1985).

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Because cyberbullying affects teens in an emotional and psychological manner, more attention has been drawn to the issue. Causes The reasoning behind cyberbullying is vast and is not fully understood. Cyberbullying like traditional bullying is typically the result of anger. According to authors’ Hoff and Mitchell cyberbullying can stem from social relationship strains suc... ... middle of paper ... ...Nicole Robey. “CYBERBULLYING.” The Education Digest 74.7 (2009): 26-31.

Excessive use of internet affects a students life both in the school as well as disrupts his/her daily normal activities. As a result of internet addiction the students grades are lowered, this raises concern with parents. Like all other vices,students may use internet to overcome depression, worry, anxiety, hopeless feeling, bullying, anger, dishonesty etc. Students end up substituting peer friendships to spending time on the internet. In day to day family life, internet addiction may affect husband-wife relationship or also child and parent relationship.