Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography: Internet Addiction

Paola Corral

University of Texas at El Paso

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Berger, R. (2009). Ethics of Global Internet, Community and Fame Addiction.

Journal of Business Ethics, vol85, 193-200. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41315825

This article present that internet addiction (IAD) can cause physical damage to the

brain, just like drugs. It says that people who consume an excessive use of alcohol, cocaine,

and cannabis had similar problems in brain as people who suffer internet addiction. In china

research came out with a new technique which consists in using a magnetic resonance

imaging to investigate effects on brain structure. Researches scan seventeen addicted

individuals and sixteen non-addicted individuals to see the difference. Scientist found that

the addicted individuals suffer a disruption to white mater nerve fibers involving emotions,

decision making, and self-control. On the other hand, non-addicted individuals do not have

those problems.
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Chou, C. Condron, L. Belland J. C. (2005). A Review of the Research on Internet

Addiction. Educational Psychology Review, vol17, 363-388.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/23363971

This article explain how the use of internet has extremely increased and affected

university students. Some researches like Chou et al observed that internet addiction no

only cause mental diseases, but also affect the future of students, because they spend so

many hours that they forget to socialize in real life, have good grades, and the

time.Teachers mentioned that fewer and fewer students are willing to take early morning

classes, and the ones who already register always come in late. Some students had very

poor grades for the excessive use of internet.

Gencer, S. L. , Koc, M. (2012). Internet Abuse among Teenagers and Its Relations to

Internet Usage Patterns and Demographics. Journal of Educational Technology & Society,

vol15, 25-36. http://www.jstor.org/stable/jeductechsoci.15.2.25

This article focused in a study of internet abuse among teenagers and its relations to

some internet usage patterns and demographic characteristics in a digitalizing country,

Turkey. Researches study 1380 high school students, they give students a questionnaire

about how they feel using internet. Almost every student had issues with internet abuse, but

one fourth experiencing problems in their lives like tolerance, and preoccupation. They use

the internet to escape from negative feelings. The questionnaire also revealed that internet

abuse differed a lot based on gender, frequency of internet use, dominant place and
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dominant purpose. Researches also observed that Internet abusers do not differ about

socio-economic status and the type of school they attend.

Huang, C.H. (2010). Internet addiction: stability and change. European Journal of

Psychology of Education, vol 25, 345-361. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23421688?

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This article talks about a study that examines five indices of stability in internet

addiction. Researches study 351 undergraduate students for one year. The first one is

structural stability refers to the density of the same sets of components and the consistency

of relationship among components over time. The second one is mean-level stability refers

to the average change in a group. In this case how many students increased and decreased

internet use. The Third one is differential stability; this concept indicates individual

differences in change. The fourth one is individual-level stability, this concept indicates

how students change in a good way or bad way. The last one is ipsative stability; this

concept indicates how students change over time.

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Niculovic, M. Zivkovic, D. Manasijevic, D. Strbac, N. (2012). Monitoring the effect

of Internet use on students behavior case study: Technical Faculty Bor, University of

Belgrade. Educational Technology Research and Development, vol60, 547-559.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/41488598

In this article, explain that internet addiction is an individuals inability to control

their internet use, which in turn leads to feelings of distress and functional impairment of

daily activities mentioned by Shapira. It described internet addiction as an impulsive-

control disorder that makes individuals to live a life out of the reality. Researchers studying

the problems have followed various terminologies such as Internet addiction, Internet

addiction disorders, Internet dependence, Problematic internet use, or pathological internet

use to explain the unfavorable effects.

Search, K. (2004). Internet Addiction. American Bar Association, vol7, 48-49.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/23672844
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This article told us some testimonies which show us how internet addiction can ruin

or lifes in some many ways, even if youre a child or adult. The author classifies internet

addiction as mental disorder. There are some symptoms that individuals have to be very

careful identifying them like unsuccessful attempts to stop or control computer use,

Dishonesty related to computer use, problems in significant life areas, spending increasing

time online in order to get the same reaction achieved previously in less time.

Stone, R. (2009). China Reins in Wilder Impulses in Treatment of 'Internet

Addiction'. Science, vol 324, 1630-1631. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20536473

This article talks about how a hospital in china named General Hospital of Beijing

Military Regions Addiction Medicine Center (AMC) located in south Beijing that started a

new program to help individuals that had internet addiction problems.it mentioned an

individual that was excellent student, but he started to play an online game named world of

war craft. He spending 10 hours a day playing world war craft, so his father take him to the

AMC hospital looking for help. The article says that approximately five million of the

countrys 300 million internet users are internet addicts. China is taking care about

individuals who suffer internet addiction problems, they rated it as a Genuine Disorder,

but they are taking so serious the problem. CCTV-12, a central government channel, show

reports on a clinic in Shandong Province in eastern china that has use electric shocks on

anaesthetized IA (internet addiction) patients.

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