Internet addiction ultimately did not make the list of officially recognized behavioral addictions in DSM-V, but compulsive gambling did. ... read more
The Internet, after all, is a medium, not an activity in and of itself. If you spend your time gambling online, maybe you have a gambling addiction, not an Internet addiction. If you spend your time shopping online, maybe it’s a shopping addiction. read more
times more likely to use interactive synchronous applications. The major weakness of this study appears to be that dependents only averaged 11 hours a week online (i.e., just over an hour a day). read more