Internet_Addiction

Internet Addiction Internet Addiction The Internet is the largest most versatile source of information in the world today. With its web sites and chat rooms, it is a means of communicating with people in places all over the face of the earth. But with all this power at our fingertips, are there any negative impacts of using this interface' Are we as ‘simple humans’ capable of interacting with such a powerful communication source' Recent studies are beginning to uncover evidence that would suggest that maybe some of us are not so capable of dealing with this technology. In fact, as more research is conducted, experts are finding that the Internet may even be addictive! Development of the Internet began about 15 years ago. In 1973 the U.S. Defense Research Projects Agency initiated a program to research the techniques and technologies for inter-linking various types of networks. (Cerf, 1997) The objective was to develop communication protocols that would allow networked computers to communicate transparently across multiple, linked networks. This was called the internetting project and the system of networks that emerged from the research was known as the Internet. Since that time, various internet, addiction, people, 1997, time, problem, research, on-line, however, young, one, number, symptoms, researchers, real, person, information, include, identity, effects, available, 2001, work, studies, sites, significant, rooms, probably, over, much, dr, control, conducted, communication, chat