Internet addiction is a real issue that affects many people. There are four main types of internet addiction: net compulsion, internet relationships, information compulsion, and online gaming. Internet addiction can lead to negative health effects like depression, anxiety, and insomnia. The rise of mobile phones and increased internet usage during the pandemic has exacerbated internet addiction issues around the world.
2. โข Addiction is a very real thing and it affects almost every person on
this planet. By no means am I am expert on this subject these are just
the findings of my research.
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4. Is Internet Addiction is Real?
โข The biggest problem currently is how to categorize this
โข The Brain activities seen have slight differences to other addictions
โข Many say internet addiction just causes secondary conditions
5. 4 Types of Internet Addiction
โข 1.Net compulsion
โข 2.Internet relationships
โข 3.Information compulsion
โข 4.Online gaming
6. Net Compulsion
โข Gambling the money you donโt have
1.Itโs more addictive than a casino
2.Give you free incentives
3.Easier to hide
4.Easier to lose track of spending
7. Internet Relationships
We donโt even need to leave our home
1.Online dating
2.Donโt need to leave the house
3. Made it addicted by swiping and
automatic matching
4. Tinder, bumble, eharmony, match.com,
hinge, โฆ. To many to list
8. Information Compulsion
โข Curiosity bodes searching
โข Our brains tell us we are doing something good when we search
โข Internet opens unlimited amount of resources
โข Can read and research thousands or products
9. Online gaming
โข Driven by dopamine Many issues come with online gaming:
1.Sedentary lifestyle
2.Lacking social engagement
3.Poor performance at work and school
4.Decline in personal hygiene
10. How has the mobile phone changed us?
Weโre addicted
This is my personal screen time taken
on 11/22/2022
11. Effects of internet addiction
โข Depression
โข Deep feelings of sadness
โข Anxiety
โข Worry and fear about daily situations
โข Insomnia
โข Affects 25% of American population
12. What Ethical Issues Surround this?
โข Act Utilitarianism
โข More internet use = more happiness or absence of real world pain
โข Small amounts of internet uses bring people happiness
โข Example: online gaming with friends and family members.
โข Negative unconsidered effects with increased internet use
โข Depression, anxiety, insomnia (inability to get to sleep and stay asleep)
13. Criticality of the Internet
โข Americans spend 17 hours using the internet and 90 percent say that
its critical to their lives
โข Close to 75% use internet to connect with family and friends
โข Work
โข School
โข Surviving a pandemic
โข Declared as a human right in 2016 (gaining information is a human
right)
โข No longer a luxury
14. Covid-19 Impacts
โข We spend 16.6% longer on internet (19 hours daily)
โข Peoples Dependance is now up to 46 percent
โข More schooling you have the more you use the internet
โข Everything can be done through the internet
โข Grocery shopping
โข Food deliveries
โข School
โข Work
15. Personal feelings
โข Most people in their lives will be addicted to the internet
โข The internet has become a part of to many critical things
โข People don't think that spending to much time on the internet can be
harmful
โข We are exposing children to the internet at far to young of an age
โข Covid-19 has significantly increased daily internet usage
16. Main Takeaways
1. There are Four main internet addiction types that captivate a
variety of different internet users
2. Most people that are addicted to the internet do suffer from
serious side effects
3. Mobile phones are a huge offender of bringing internet addiction to
millions more
4. The Developed countries is not taking the overuse of internet
seriously