1. Too much internet?Lucas Morrissey Photo Wikimedia Commons

2. Photo wikimedia commonsWho starred in that random show fromway back when? One sec letme google it. 3. I have fiveminutes to kill atthis bus stop?Let mecheck myRSS feedPhoto Flickr (pulpolux) 4. Let me go see if anything is new on facebook.I finished one question on my assignment?Photo Lucas Morrissey 5. Internet addiction hasbeen a growingconcern since the mid90s.-Gareth CartwrightPhoto Wikimedia Commons 6. It [Internet Addiction Disorder] ismostly found among kids.- Nidheya SureshPhoto Flickr (Paulm) 7. My parents tell me to get offthe computer, go outside,read a book.-Owen LoebPhoto Flickr (shifted) 8. Internet usage is starting at ayounger and younger age. 9. Computers arent the onlygateway we have into thesevast, all-encompassing waterworlds of information.Gareth CartwrightPhoto Wikimedia Commons 10. In 2000 45% of teens had a cellphone, presently 75% do.-Pew StatisticsPhoto Flickr (frerieke) 11. If growth continues at thisrate, smartphones couldaccount for 70 percent of allU.S. mobile devices by nextyear [2013].-Devindra HardawarPhoto Flickr (n/a) 12. We are never disconnected .Gareth CartwrightPhoto Flickr (shareski) 13. Many of the self-confessedaddicted teenagers say thatthe Internet provides a safetyblanket for them to escapefrom the trials andtribulations of real life.Nidheya SureshPhoto Flickr (gildedrooster) 14. I go onto the Internet to escape real life. For those few hours, I canforget about college, projects and everything.- Rachna SukuruPhoto Flickr (N/A) 15. It is obvious that peoplewish to escape theirperception of the realityof their lives. Theeuphoric state producedby the drugs is deemedbetter than the realsituation. Charley ReesePhoto Flickr (keep-on-moving) 16. The reasons for drug usageare similar to that of internetusage. As well, they bothhave long term noticeableeffects on the body.Photo Flickr (nataliejohnson) 17. Most intriguing is the fact that some of these changes [to the brain]are what you see happening in the brains of people addicted tococaine, heroine, special K, and other substances.-Alice G. WaltonPhoto Flickr (n/a) 18. Many symptoms of internet addiction are similar to other addictions.Ie restlessness when not using, anxiousness, irritability etc.Photo Flickr (n/a) 19. The new version of the DSMthe international psychiatric diagnosticmanualwill list "Internet-use disorder" as a condition"recommended for further study."-Abby OhlheiserPhoto Wikimedia Commons 20. This is a start to hopefully educate thecurrent youth on how to avoid saidaddictions and to provide support tothose who currently suffer from thedisorder.Photo Flickr (soldiersmediacenter) 21. 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