internet addiction

"Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help-measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel particularly powerless to help their children . . . Rather than blaming users, this book shatters the illusion that we autonomously choose how to spend our time online. It shifts the moral responsibility and accountability for solutions to corporations. Drawing lessons from the tobacco and food industries, the book demonstrates why government regulation is necessary to curb technology addiction. It describes a grassroots movement already in action across courts and legislative halls . . . provides a blueprint to develop this movement for change, to one that will allow us to finally gain control"--Provided by publisher.

"Focuses on personal stories, academic studies, and current events to illustrate society's attention deficit while providing advice for those who wish to go on a digital diet"--Provided by publisher.

"Gaming, social media, and internet use can be great ways to relax and have fun, but they can also become addictive and unhealthy. 'Online Addiction' examines how internet use can become a dangerous addiction that negatively affects a person's life"--Provided by publisher.

If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in massive surveillance all at once, youwould make something a lot like Facebook. Of course, none of that was part of the plan. In this fully updated paperback edition of Antisocial Media, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how Facebook devolved from an innocent social site hacked together by Harvard students into a force that, while it may makepersonal life just a little more pleasurable, makes democracy a lot more challenging. It's an account of the hubris of good intentions, a missionary spirit, and an ideology that sees computer code as the universal solvent for all human problems. And it's an indictment of how "social media" hasfostered the deterioration of democratic culture around the world, from facilitating Russian meddling in support of Trump's election to the exploitation of the platform by murderous authoritarians in Burma and the Philippines. Both authoritative and trenchant, Antisocial Media shows how Facebook'smission went so wrong.

Presents information on the issue of Internet addiction, including what it is, issues and controversies around it, case studies, and more.

Describes how cell phones can affect physical and mental heath, how these issues affect individuals and society, and how this issues are being addressed.

"Readers will explore the social aspects and health effects of screen use and addiction, and ways to establish a healthy relationship with screen technology"--Back cover.

Discusses digital addiction, looking at how digital addiction develops and how it can interfere with a person's daily life.

"Explores how cell phone users are being manipulated into touching their phones up to five thousand times a day and the effects this activity is having on brain function, emotional well-being, and relationships"--OCLC.

Help painlessly wean teens off constant phone use by offering scale-back tactics, sharing what others have done that works, and explaining the physical and emotional repercussions of overuse so that teens don't have to miss out on anything.