Virtual Addiction

May 2, 2001 | Source: Slashdot

The Internet is a place so diverse, challenging and compelling that many of the people who go online regularly sometimes struggle with finding the right balance between life online and off.

In Virtual Addiction, Dr. David Greenfield argues that multimedia stimulation, ease of access, twenty-four-hour availability, lack of boundaries, loss of time, disinhibition, and stimulating and creative content can contribute to compulsive, even addictive Net use.