... initially met on the internet (Campo-Flores). A 2002 London study at the University of Central Lancashire found that one in ten children will follow through with meeting someone they met online. However, these numbers have been grossly manipulated for the purpose of the media. Of the 1,369 children surveyed for this study, only 259 have even visited a chat room, and of ... no sharing personal information and being nice to others. A person monitors the chat room at all times to make sure the rules are followed, and this monitor, almost like an online babysitter, contributes to the conver...

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... the Internet. For many businesses the Internet has became essential to there operations. It has became this way because of the ability to send and receive data such as: messages, notes, letters, documents, pictures, video, sound and just about any form of communication, as effortlessly as making a phone call. It is easy to understand why the Internet is, and will even ... be doing a lot of research on the Internet. I probably will even take some classes on the Internet and if I don"t more than likely my kids will. The Internet supports online education. Online education introduces first...

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... entertained instead of engaging in intelligent public discourse. These days the Internet would take the crown. According to Leo Reisberg, who wrote "10% of Students May Spend Too Much Time Online, Study Suggests-, "At least 10% of college students use the internet so much that it interferes with their grades, their health, and their social lives."" (Sequence for Academic Writing, 172 ... , "The students who were identified as dependent spent an average of 229 minutes a day using the Internet for nonacademic reasons, compared with 73 minutes a day for others."" Mr. Anderson also notes, "W...

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... in psychological well-being. After stating this theoretical finding the article lists the cost of the project ($1.5 million) and the organizations who sponsored it (many being technology companies). The article notes that both these organizations and the research team were shocked by the findings, because the Internet has been viewed by many as having actively social uses. Harmon goes on to ... rooms). However, the article states, participants; reported a decline in interaction with family members and a reduction in their circles of friends that directly corresponds to the amount of tim...

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... by the abuse of the Internet. Judy and Bob had been saving to buy a house, but Bob became so absorbed in the Internet that he spent all their money on online services. He stopped joining Judy for dinner and went to bed long after her, forcing her to leave him a few months later. This example was appropriately added to the introduction ... 's term, not a clinical one,"" says Young. She goes on to explain that the word addiction is not even in the manual for mental disorders used by medical professionals. She also notes that some psychologists call it "internet dependence,"" while others c...

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• Grade Level: High School