SUSY BRISENOENGLISH FINAL

PROJECT

Internet Addiction &

Social Networking

•LOSING TRACK OF TIME ONLINE

•HAVING TROUBLE COMPLETING TASKS AT WORK OR HOME

•ISOLATION FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS

•FEELING GUILTY OR DEFENSIVE ABOUT YOUR INTERNET USE

1. Symptoms of Internet Addiction [IAD]

•IF YOU SUFFER FROM ANXIETY

•IF YOU ARE DEPRESSED

•IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADDICTIONS

•IF YOU LACK SOCIAL SUPPORT

•IF YOU’RE A TEENAGER

•IF YOU ARE LESS MOBILE OR SOCIALLY ACTIVE THAN YOU ARE USED TO

Greater risk for addiction if…

Self help tips for breaking the addiction

Identify any underlying reasons that needs treatment

Increase your coping skills

Strengthen your support network

•THERAPY AND COUNSELING

•GROUP SUPPORT

Internet addiction treatment

Social Networking

Myspace

Twitter

Facebook

& more

If Facebook were a country itd be the 4th

largest!

Ashton kutcher & Ellen DeGeneres have more twitter followers than the entire

population of Ireland, Norway, & panama!

Social networking has increased by large numbers just over the last year & is expected to increase even more.

It also looks like myspace my lose its title as the #1 social networking site to its competitor facebook by the year 2010.

Works cited…

"Internet Addiction: Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and Self-Help." Helpguide.org: Understand, Prevent and Resolve Life's Challenges. Web. 06 Dec. 2009. <http://www.helpguide.org/mental/internet_cybersex_addiction.htm>.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkGIBIuiZcI