PSICOLOGY
Dependence on the Internet
Dependence on the Internet
Nowadays the uncontrolled use of the internet through smartphones, tablets and PCs has created a new addiction: More and more often the person relies on technology to perform the most common activities: online shopping, betting, dating sites, pornography.
We talk about internet addiction when the person prefers the use of social networks to real contacts, when he struggles to avoid the constant control of e-mails, wathsapp instagram and facebook messages. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) is a framework that encompasses the following categories:
- Cyber sex addiction: creation of a virtual reality with a sexual background
- Online gambling addiction:
- Dependence on information to download
- Video game addiction
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Dependence on the Internet
It is easy for it to occur combined with the so-called “Nomophobia”: the fear of not being in contact with the web via the smartphone.
