susy briseno english final project internet addiction & social networking
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•LOSING TRACK OF TIME ONLINE
•HAVING TROUBLE COMPLETING TASKS AT WORK OR HOME
•ISOLATION FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS
•FEELING GUILTY OR DEFENSIVE ABOUT YOUR INTERNET USE
1. Symptoms of Internet Addiction [IAD]
•IF YOU SUFFER FROM ANXIETY
•IF YOU ARE DEPRESSED
•IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADDICTIONS
•IF YOU LACK SOCIAL SUPPORT
•IF YOU’RE A TEENAGER
•IF YOU ARE LESS MOBILE OR SOCIALLY ACTIVE THAN YOU ARE USED TO
Greater risk for addiction if…
Self help tips for breaking the addiction
Identify any underlying reasons that needs treatment
Increase your coping skills
Strengthen your support network
Ashton kutcher & Ellen DeGeneres have more twitter followers than the entire
population of Ireland, Norway, & panama!
Social networking has increased by large numbers just over the last year & is expected to increase even more.
It also looks like myspace my lose its title as the #1 social networking site to its competitor facebook by the year 2010.