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US full of Internet addicts: study
Breitbart.com ^
| 10/17/06
Posted on 10/17/2006 8:23:01 PM PDT by verum ago
The United States could be rife with Internet addicts as clinically ill as alcoholics, an unprecedented study released suggested.
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in Silicon Valley said their telephone survey indicated more than one of every eight US residents showed at least one sign of "problematic Internet use."
The findings backed those of previous, less rigorous studies, according to Stanford.
Most disturbing was the discovery that some people hid their Internet surfing, or went online to cure foul moods in ways that mirrored alcoholics using booze, according to the study's lead author, Elias Aboujaoude.
"In a sense, they're using the Internet to self-medicate," Aboujaoude said. "And obviously something is wrong when people go out of their way to hide their Internet activity."
According to preliminary research, the typical Internet addict was a single, college-educated, white male in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: addiction; computer; genx; internet
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uh oh, I think a considerable number of FReepers are now considered addicts.
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:23:02 PM PDT
by
verum ago
To: verum ago
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:23:30 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: verum ago
Internet addicts
Wow. I'm glad I'm not one of those. I actually turned my PC completely off 3 nights ago.
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:25:24 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: verum ago
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:26:54 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: kinoxi
30 hours? are they kidding?
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:26:55 PM PDT
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: verum ago
The United States could be rife with Internet addicts as clinically ill as alcoholics, an unprecedented study released suggested.
Right, because sitting around staring blankly at the TV like most families did prior to the Internet was so much more healthy.
To: verum ago
They want us to stop and go back to the left wing MSM propaganda!
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:27:33 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: verum ago
I spend 8 hours a day "on-line", either surfing or playing MMO's.
Damn.
To: verum ago
My name is Txsleuth and I am a Free Republic addict.
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:28:41 PM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(FREEIPATHON TIME--You need FR, you know you do, so please don't forget to donate!!)
To: verum ago
"in ways that mirrored alcoholics using booze"
How dare you! I spend only a few measly hours a night on FR, and so what if I have a six-pack or two while here? Does that make me an addict?
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:29:02 PM PDT
by
gb63
To: qam1; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; tortoise; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; m18436572; ...
According to preliminary research, the typical Internet addict was a single, college-educated, white male in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use.
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:29:13 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
I, I need government funding... My fingers are getting weak...
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:29:15 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: verum ago
Just cause I never go to bed doesn't mean...
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:29:48 PM PDT
by
CAWats
(And I will make no distinction between the terrorists and the Democrats)
To: TomGuy
So what electronic gizmo are you posting on then?
Are you using smoke signals to post or what?
To: Txsleuth
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:30:09 PM PDT
by
uptoolate
(Their 'innocent' civilian is their next suicide bomber)
To: FR_addict
To: Txsleuth
who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use. As somebody said this morning, Free Republic IS essential, so we're NOT addicts.
No, we are not.
(I'm glad to be 30 again though. LOL)
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:30:37 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Why Won't Nancy Pelosi Let Louis Freeh Investigate the Page Scandal?)
To: verum ago
You can have my DSL when you pry it from my cold dead hands. LOL!
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:30:41 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: verum ago
I could stop any time I want to.
But who WANTS to do housework instead???
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:30:49 PM PDT
by
bannie
To: AnotherUnixGeek
LOL! I'm giving up on the internet, and will now devote my spare time to drinking heavily.
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posted on
10/17/2006 8:31:29 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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