Internet Addiction: Who's Addicted?

Who's Addicted to the Internet? One in eight Americans exhibits Internet behavior that interferes with daily life and healthy relationships. That's about 12% of the country. Things are worse in Asia. 30% of Koreans report that their Internet usage is problematic. Is Tweeting or Facebooking really the new street drug? TOTIDGUTATAIDGU 1 Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) is not recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ... but is being considered for the next edition in 2013. Some symptoms of • Withdrawal symptoms like depression and moodiness. • Usage that affects work and school. • Lying about Internet usage • Using the Internet to escape problems • Neglecting sleep to stay online 2 Internet addiction include: 3 'pg000 pq0001 IAD is often divided into separate categories Pood XXX Gaming Social Networking- Cyber-sexual/Pornography. hopping. Gambling. 5 Gender affects the types of Internet addiction, but does not affect risk. General Surfing 4 Surveys of adults revealed More men are addicted to games, porn, and online gambling. 13.7% found it difficult to stay offline for several days 12.3% felt the need to cut back on Internet usage 8.7% attempted to hide their Internet use from family, friends, and employers 5.9% felt that their relationships had suffered because of their Internet use More women are addicted to chatting, instant messaging, eBay, and online shopping. 6 Countries with the 7 Internet usage, by age highest number of Internet users 18-29 30-49 50-64 65 and older China 1 360,000,000 (26.9% of the population) 93% 81% 70% 38% United States 227,719,000 (74.1% of the population) l00NbainnObannNb 2 Japan 95,979,000 (75.5% of the population) What percentage of leisure time is spent on the 8 Internet, by country 3 India 81,000,000 (7.8x of the population) Brazil 67,510,400 (34.8x of the population) 4 Germany 54,229,325 (65.9% of the population) United Kingdom 6 44% 40% 38% 30% 28% 28% 15% 46,683,900 ZN 76.4X of the population) Russia 45,250,000 (32.3% of the population) China South Japan United Canada United Denmark Kingdom Korea States France 43,100,134 (69.3% of the population) South Korea 9 9 Time spent per person on social networking sites 10 37,475,800 (7.3% of the population) is also increasing. 200700 10 Monthly time spent per user on social networking sites, by country .... 2 hours and 10 minutes the average was Australia 2009 00 6 hours and 52 minutes 5 hours and 35 minutes United States the average was 6 hours and 9 minutes OSiNIAlo5OlE United Kingdom N6 hours and 7 minutes 11 Italy 6 hours People spend twice as much time online Switzerland 3 hours and 54 minutes Japan 2 hours and 50 minutes (32.7 hours per week) EinnHn-NiHina 12 as they do watching television. From 2004 to 2009, the amount of time (16.4 hours per week) Americans spent online increased 117%. 13 Internet usage DOIHINJNIAInra among adult Americans From 2001-2009: Those who sent or read email increased from 25% to 45% Those who used the Internet for news increased from 10% to 30% Those who used social networking sites increased from 0% to 35% Those who banked online increased from 0% to 20% 14 According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Internet is being misused in the workplace. 30-40% of Internet use is not business-related. 60% of all online purchases are made during the 9-5 work day. 70% of all Internet pornography is during the 9-5 work day. -A 40% loss in productivity is attributed to "cyber-slacking. Men are twice as likely to surf the web for personal enjoyment while at work. 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