Comments on: Internet Addiction Hype Disorder http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/ Web producer. Writer. Online Media Cultist. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: El Bicho http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1657 El Bicho Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:50:24 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1657 I agree the percentage claim is unfounded, but since there are people who have compulsive, addictive personalities, it's probably an area worth studying. There's no denying the PC is changing the way people behave in dramatic ways. I agree the percentage claim is unfounded, but since there are people who have compulsive, addictive personalities, it’s probably an area worth studying. There’s no denying the PC is changing the way people behave in dramatic ways.

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1658 Eric Berlin Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:31:14 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1658 EL B, I agree. I was a little bit flippant and tounge-in-cheek in my take on this story, but no doubt there are people who have developed serious issues due to online behaviors, and absolutely without doubt the Internet is rapidly changing and shaping the lives of many hundreds of millions. EL B, I agree. I was a little bit flippant and tounge-in-cheek in my take on this story, but no doubt there are people who have developed serious issues due to online behaviors, and absolutely without doubt the Internet is rapidly changing and shaping the lives of many hundreds of millions.

]]> By: El Bicho http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1659 El Bicho Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:58:12 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1659 I wasn't reacting to your tone, just the issue itself. Sorry if it came off like that I wasn’t reacting to your tone, just the issue itself. Sorry if it came off like that

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1660 Eric Berlin Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:59:31 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1660 No, you didn't, you came off just fine! :-) No, you didn’t, you came off just fine! :-)

]]> By: Mat Brewster http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1667 Mat Brewster Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:21:18 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1667 One of the interesting parts of this conversation, me thinks, is going to be the whole social aspect of the internet. It is pretty well understood that everybody needs contact with fellow humans and longs for some sort of intimacy. In many ways, e-mail, facebook and blogs connect us to each other in a very real way. How will this factor into the whole addiction scenario? Are we going to say someone is addicting to communicating with their friends? I don't know, but it is interesting to think about. One of the interesting parts of this conversation, me thinks, is going to be the whole social aspect of the internet. It is pretty well understood that everybody needs contact with fellow humans and longs for some sort of intimacy.

In many ways, e-mail, facebook and blogs connect us to each other in a very real way. How will this factor into the whole addiction scenario? Are we going to say someone is addicting to communicating with their friends?

I don’t know, but it is interesting to think about.

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1671 Eric Berlin Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:22:42 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/08/20/internet-addiction-hype-overdrive/#comment-1671 Great thoughts, Mat! This gets into the whole real world versus virtual world communications conundrum. In other words, if you spend all your time social networking online, is that less valuable somehow than real world face time. My moms always uses the old axiom "moderation in everything," and like on most issues, she's right on. ;-) Great thoughts, Mat! This gets into the whole real world versus virtual world communications conundrum. In other words, if you spend all your time social networking online, is that less valuable somehow than real world face time. My moms always uses the old axiom “moderation in everything,” and like on most issues, she’s right on. ;-)

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