Internet Addiction Among Cyberkids in China: Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies
Focusing on the two essential factors of the construction of risk, this book presents research revolving around the staging of and the coping with Internet addiction in China. Using ethnographic methods, it investigates the signs and treatment of Internet
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Internet Addiction Among Cyberkids in China: Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies
Internet Addiction Among Cyberkids in China: Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies
Qiaolei Jiang
Internet Addiction Among Cyberkids in China: Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies
Qiaolei Jiang Tsinghua University Beijing, China
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Foreword 1: Internet Addiction in Adolescents: The Dark Side of New Media Technologies and Potential Risks
Over the last several decades, computer technology has greatly advanced to enable speedy interaction between people in a range of online virtual worlds. This advancement has led to an increasing number of people using the Internet in many different ways and has arguably had a great positive impact on the lives of people who use it. Despite its many positive benefits, there has been an increase in research focusing on the use of the Internet and its negative aspects, including generalized Internet addiction and more specific online addictions, such as online gaming addiction, online gambling addiction, and social networking service (SNS) addiction. Past studies have reported that youth who spend time online are exposed to a variety of potential risks (e.g., exposure to deviant sexual content and contact with pedophiles). The Internet is a medium over which parents often have very little control, few rules for use—mostly due to their own lack of Internet knowledge. In fact, many online activities are done
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