January 11 2017
The development of Internet addiction
Every kind of dependency can be seen as a complex process, in which, due to the frequent consumption of the substance or object dependencies, creates discomfort and intense craving in their absence. It appears uncontrollable desire for certain behavior, and a tendency for continuous search for the object dependencies and its use. Is excessively use the Internet form of addiction or not? This question is often asked last decade, after the Internet era in full swing in the world, and the use of Internet resources become commonplace, the vast majority of the world's population. However, the possibility that the world wide web provides, in addition to all the positive side, contains a lot of negative consequences.
The first forms of electronic addiction was told the fifties of the twentieth century, when they appeared gaming machine (pinball). In the eighties began the era of video games, which is with us last until mid-nineties, when he noticed the transition to computers and consoles. Later appeared the mass use of computers, and an increase in the number of subscribers to Internet services. Parallel to the development and spread of Internet network, at the same time appeared positive expectations, and negative reactions. Negative reactions were mainly related to the growing need for using the Internet. The phenomenon of seriousness in excessive use of the Internet is best illustrated by the proposal that the new American Classification of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), this phenomenon is placed in a special category of cyber disorders. Here, in addition to depending on the Internet, would be covered and all forms of abuse of modern technical means, such as mobile phones, computers and video games.
The phenomenon of seriousness in excessive use of the Internet is best illustrated by the proposal that the new American Classification of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), this phenomenon is placed in a special category of cyber disorders. Here, in addition to depending on the Internet, would be covered and all forms of abuse of modern technical means, such as mobile phones, computers and video games.
Why are young people "give" social networks and create cocooned cyber identity?
Freedom of action Internet users the possibility of supplying to independent and unfettered "cruise" network, outside the influence of other people, and for ourselves the desired information. Anonymity and freedom of expression and the ability to be "your own boss", allow users to present themselves in a completely different light, often hiding the real and imaginary highlighting, virtual identity. Due to fear of criticism and numerous restrictions, to a lesser extent is possible to express their own views and present to the desired mode in the real world. Social support and interaction are important factors of human functioning, and in whose grounds are basic human needs, such as altruism, affiliative motive and social acceptance. Just applications that are used for communication (eg. Skype, Facebook) are the most commonly used Internet programs in the 21st century. It is about the desire for communication, self-presentation and to some extent, self promotion.
Types of cyber addiction
There is no clear agreement about it how many different types of Internet addiction exists, but some of them referred to are: dependence on cyber connections (people who compulsively begin new virtual connection, and they are changing the real, in the form of chat rooms, forums, online conversations or e-mail); sajberseksualna addiction (compulsive saving, online viewing or sharing pornographic content, including all forms of interaction, the need for constant sexual stimulation does not have to be associated with sexual difficulties in reality); excessive search for information (intensive "surfing" in the search for information, search online databases and safeguarding it; as the main motive cited curiosity and professional and non-professional interests); playing games online (although the games most often associated with younger age, eventually age limit disappears); compulsive line (range of things that are bought and sold is very large and often there is no target object of purchase); dependence on computer and information technology (this subtype is most suspicious, is considered to be too generalized and not strictly related to the use of the Internet; includes compulsive needs related to new technologies, computers and mobile phones); mixed type (debatable whether there is and how often it occurs pure form of Internet addiction, given the multidimensionality and the interactive nature of the phenomenon: users spend their time in a variety of activities, which together lead to feelings of desire and discomfort in the absence of computers and the Internet).There are a lot of cases where people got addicted to offline games. Games like Pokemon leaf green rom gba and other Pokemon games were specially addictive in Asia.
Types of cyber addiction: dependence on cyber connection, sajberseksualna dependence, excessive search for information, play games online, compulsive online shopping, addiction to computer and information technology, mixed type.
