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Internet addiction is commonly referred to as "electronic opium" [142] or "electronic heroin" in China. [143] A government entity in China became the first governmental body worldwide to recognize internet addiction when it established "Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Internet Addiction" in 2008.
Forms of technology addiction have been considered as diagnoses since the mid 1990s. [3] In current research on the adverse consequences of technology overuse, "mobile phone overuse" has been proposed as a subset of forms of "digital addiction" or "digital dependence", reflecting increasing trends of compulsive behavior among users of technological devices. [4]
Computer addiction is a form of behavioral addiction [1] that can be described as the excessive or compulsive use of the computer, which persists despite serious negative consequences for personal, social, or occupational function. [2]
(The Center Square) – Following several states banning smartphones from schools, a pair of U.S. senators are introducing legislation to study the impacts of cell phone use in K-12 classrooms.
"Fear of missing out" can lead to psychological stress at the idea of missing posted content by others while offline. The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of ...
People become addicted or dependent on the Internet through excessive computer use that interferes with daily life. Kimberly S. Young [27] links internet addiction disorder with existing mental health issues, most commonly depression. Young states that the disorder has significant effects socially, psychologically and occupationally.
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The phone’s screen saver was the first sign that something was wrong. When Jason Egle plugged the device in and fell asleep at his parents’ New Orleans-area home in the predawn hours of Oct ...