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10/17 Hello Internet addicts
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/17/061017180234.eiuwieod.html
"the typical Internet addict was a single, college-educated, white male
in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential
computer use"
\_ Me to a T. Now the thing is, I spend those 30 hours building useful
software for fun. Is that an addiction, or just a hobby?
\_ I think they mean surfing pr0n sites, not writing software as
a hobby.
\_ Yep. Otherwise, people who spend their free time on hobbies
like building furniture in their garage would be addicts.
\_ The pr0n surfing is part of the essential computer use...
\_ link:csua.org/u/h8p
\_ And then there are the TV addicts.
But their habits are rarely referred to as "problematic". -niloc
\_ I know someone who watches at least 30 hours of TV a week and
frankly it's ruining her life. |
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| www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/17/061017180234.eiuwieod.html The United States could be rife with Internet addicts as clinically ill as alcoholics, an unprecedented study released suggested. Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in Silicon Valley said their telephone survey indicated more than one of every eight US residents showed at least one sign of "problematic Internet use." The findings backed those of previous, less rigorous studies, according to Stanford. Most disturbing was the discovery that some people hid their Internet surfing, or went online to cure foul moods in ways that mirrored alcoholics using booze, according to the study's lead author, Elias Aboujaoude. "In a sense, they're using the Internet to self-medicate," Aboujaoude said. "And obviously something is wrong when people go out of their way to hide their Internet activity." According to preliminary research, the typical Internet addict was a single, college-educated, white male in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use. |