This document discusses internet addiction, including its history, importance, and potential issues. It provides an overview of arguments around defining internet addiction and evaluating criteria. Some key points include: - Internet addiction was first recognized in the 1990s and recognized as a mental health issue in 2012 when included in the DSM-5. - Experts disagree on how to define internet addiction and whether it meets standard criteria for addiction. - Potential issues of internet addiction include negative impacts on relationships, work, school, and extreme cases resulting in criminal behavior or death. - While the internet provides benefits like communication and learning, a utilitarian analysis suggests potential social and legal harms of unrestricted internet use can outweigh

1. Internet
Addiction

2. Overview
Importance
History and background
Arguments
Some Internet Addiction issues
Evaluation
Conclusion
OUTLINE

3. • Addiction is not just substance abuse or
chemical dependency
• It is any extreme behavior that stimulates the
brain
• Researcher, scientists and addiction specialists
had dissenting opinions
INTERNET ADDICTION

5. • Internet is spreading rapidly and a powerful
tool
• Drastically and irreversibly changed people’s
life
• Putting a spotlight on internet impact
• people are vulnerable.
IMPORTANCE

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNgGFJgNYOQ

8. • In the early 90’s it was noticeable by few
researchers the negative outcome caused by
the increase of internet usage
Internet
Addiction
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND:

9. Dr. Kimberly young
In1995, she founded the Center for
Internet Addiction
she is a licensed psychologist.

10. • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders
DSM is a standard criteria for the classification
of mental disorders.
In 2012 .DSM-5 listed Internet
addiction among mental illnesses
DSM

11. FUNNY?!! but not really 

13. • Dr. Young says that “Internet allows us to
create new personalities and use them to fulfill
unmet psychological needs”
• Dr. Dimitri says” Internet addiction could easily
become one of the most chronic childhood
diseases in America”
ARGUMENTS

15. • Prof Mark Griffiths set a criteria for addiction “
an activity needs to have to be considered
addictive, notably salience, mood
modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict
and relapse.”
internet addiction does
not fulfill the criteria

16. A COUPLE IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA GIRL
STARVED TO DEATH WHILE PARENTS
RAISED VIRTUAL CHILD IN ONLINE GAME
THE COUPLE WAS TO SERVE TWO YEARS IN
PRISON

17. Woman in the Pacific
Northwest
divorced by her husband
because of the enormous
amount of time she spent
in front of her computer.
She forget to buy food for
her children, to take them
to their doctor
appointments

18. 13 YEAR OLD BOY STRANGLES 81-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN TO DEATH TO STEAL MONEY FOR A
VIDEO GAME

19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=innLJYR4Y5o

21. UTILITARIAN
ANALYSISLet’s say the rule
“IF I spend as much as I
please on the internet I
will affecting myself or
society”

22. Spending large amounts of time on the Internet is not the problem of internet addiction. Problem is
when Internet interferes with the person life: Social ,school work or job tasks.
divorce cases,
child custody battles
criminal litigation
self-isolation
Mental diseases
Harms
get many tasks done easily,
communicating with loved
ones faraway
learning courses on line
maintaining a successful
business
Benefits

23. UTILITARIAN
ANALYSIS
harms that outweight
the short-term benefits.
It is wrong to be
addicted to the internet
and use it without
thinking of the potential
social, ethical and legal
harms.