Nov 27, 2012

What is Internet Addiction?





What is internet addiction?
 



Before I am going to post various types of internet addiction,
Let's know exactly about the "Internet Addiction".

Do you know people who addicted in Internet?
Maybe, you might be internet addict too.

 

According to Wikipedia,
Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is excessive, nonessential time spent online.


It can even interferes with our daily life .
Prevalence rate of internet addiction is known as about 2%~15%.
And it is known that man have higher rates than woman, because man use computers much more than woman.

South Korea seems to has the highest internet addiction rate among all world.
Studies estimates that about 30% of poplulation is internet addict.






This is the South Korea's internet addiction ratio.
To be specific, 7.9% of Korean kids are addicted in internet seriously.
Also, 12.4% of high school students are internet addicts.
This is the highest percent among any age groups!


Like this, Internet addiction in South Korea is serious problem in recent days.