Psihologie (Nov 2016)

The internet addiction - a risk factor of contemporaniety.

  • Ovidiu TAFUNI

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 3-4
pp. 87 – 95

Abstract

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The Internet has become an indispensable part of the process of communication in modern society, as well as at home. Its use became popular for its easiness to get in touch with others, accessibility, attractiveness, anonymity, privacy, saving time and natural resources, including human ones etc. However, frequently it shown up more clinical evidence of Internet excessive use among the population, in some cases very similar symptoms with addictive disorders, commonly encountered among adolescents.

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