On a recent episode of his talk show, Dr. Phil confronted a mother (identified as Teresa) about her addiction to the Internet game “FarmVille,” saying she would be better served to go out and “start a garden for real.” Zynga’s crop-tending game is a popular application on the social networking website Facebook.
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An outspoken Criminal Court judge is being transferred from State Island to a position in Manhattan, and the transfer could be due to his apparent Facebook addiction.
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Internet addiction can consume a considerable amount of a person’s time. Like drug and alcohol addictions, it can also create problems within the individual’s life. For teens dealing with an Internet addiction, even bigger problems have been identified.
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Teenagers who are preoccupied with the Internet may be more prone to aggressive behavior, new research finds. In a study of more than 9,400 Taiwanese teenagers, those with signs of Internet addiction were more likely to say they had hit, shoved, or threatened someone in the past year.
The link remained after the investigators accounted for several other factors, including the teens’ scores on measures of self-esteem and depression, as well as their exposure to violence on television.
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