[Air-L] China Defines Internet Addiction

[Sharon Haleva Amir]

You have to read this, see below :)

Best Wishes,
Sharon Haleva Amir, HCLT Fellow 
(PhD Candidate) Faculty of Law, 
University of Haifa, ISRAEL. 
 
 
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It's official, internet researchers. We are all over the edge. I'll look 
forward to seeing you all at boot camp. See news story below.
-- 
Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Head of the
  Department of Communication Studies
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA
http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/
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China Defines Internet Addiction
Internet addiction is on the rise in the world's largest Net market, and 
now Chinese doctors have officially defined it as an...
Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service
Monday, November 10, 2008 12:10 AM PST

Internet addiction is on the rise in the world's largest Net market, and 
now Chinese doctors have officially defined it as an ailment.

Users who spend six hours or more per day online, and exhibit at least 
one symptom including difficulty sleeping or concentrating, yearning to 
be online, irritation, and mental or physical distress are classified as 
meeting the definition of addiction.

Being hooked on the Internet has been considered a problem in Chinese 
society as early as 2005, when the first clinic dedicated to Internet 
addiction opened in Beijing. It began accepting patients who exhibited 
dependency symptoms for those of substance abuse.

China also has "boot camps" designed to help addicts kick the habit by 
helping to change their routine.

About 10 percent of China's 253 million Internet users exhibit some form 
of addiction to the medium, and 70 percent of those people are young 
men, an official Xinhua News Agency report said.
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