INTERNET

ADDICTION AND
ISOLATION
  -Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) is
identified as an impulse control disorder
but without the involvement of illegal
What is drugs or alcohol. It is slightly identical
Internet with gambling. The users enjoy different
things online, like playing games, social
addiction? media and even binge watching series
and movies.
  1.Games – include excessive amount of time online
playing online games and gambling (like online poker).
This is the type of addiction that is very rampant
nowadays, especially with the younger generations.
 2.Cyber sexual and Cyber Relationship – include
Types of obsession with online dating, watching pornography, and
cybersex.
Online  3. Social Networking – include the over usage of social
networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
Addiction The user also feels the need to constantly update his/her
social media and to monitor different posts.
 4. Net Compulsions – include addiction in online
shopping or stock trading.
 5. Information – includes obsession with searching and
collecting information.
 1. Gradual increase of time with
the use of internet just to feel
satisfied.
Signs of 2. The user uses Internet to
Internet cope with negative feeling and
Addiction bad mood.
3. The user feels anxious,
restless, irritable, or moody
when they are not able to go
online.
  4. The user is unable to minimize the use of
Internet after multiple attempts.
 5. The user loses track of time when online.
 6. The user chooses to spend most of his/her
Continuation time using the Internet over other significant
things in life like work, school, travel,
relationships, and other more.
 7. The user is willing to sacrifice or to lose job,
relationship, opportunities to be able to go
online.
  1. The user who might be shy in real life may
feel secured with the feeling of anonymity
when using the internet.
 2. The user turns to Internet use to escape from
Causes of problems.
 3. The user uses the virtual world to connect
Internet with people to comprehend their lack of ability
Addiction in real life communication.
 4. The feeling of having a quick access to
everything persuades to use the Internet more
often than intended.
  1. Family Problem – the user does not spend time
with his/her family which leads to disagreement.
 2. Mental Health Problems – creating another
Effects of persona online may soon lead to depression and
anxiety if it is not used moderately.
Internet  3. Academic Difficulty – significant decrease in the
user’s academic records.
Addiction  4. Financial Issues - internet addiction can be costly
especiallespecially with online gambling and online
games.
  5. Medical Problems – spending too much time
using the computer can be the cause to complications
in our health like severe headaches, body aches, carpal
tunnel syndrome, dry eyes, and eating irregularities.
 6. Work Complications - this leads the user to
neglect office works that may lead to losing the user’s
Continuation job.
 7. Unhealthy Sleeping Habits - internet addiction
makes the user lose track of time due to long duration
or over use of the internet.
 8. Socially Awkward - frequent use of the internet
takes the time that can be used to socialize and explore
the world.
  When it comes to mental health
problems or psychological problems,
How To like internet addiction, the very first
Treat thing that a person has to do is to
Internet determine if there is a problem or
what is the problem. Secondly, the
Addiction person has to accept that he/she
really has a problem.
 • SELF-HELP TREATMENT- Is a treatment that can be
used if the person thinks that the problem is not that
serious,yet. If the user thinks that he/she can still handle and
correct themselves on their own.
There are These are several steps to help in treating mild internet
addiction;
two ways to 1. Keep track of your daily internet us.
treat 2. Look for other easy activities that can be be used to
replace the time of using the internet.
Internet 3. Think of reasons why you always end up using the
Addiction internet too much.
4. If you feel restless when not using the internet, try
different relaxation methods to center yourself.
5. Keep yourself busy doing other things.
6. If there is still no progress, start to consider asking for
professional help.
 •PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT
Therapies are already being made available for internet
addiction since it is becoming very rampant today because of the
accessibility of Internet use. One of the most common Therapies is
the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment which includes the
exploration of the person’s using pattern. Then after analyzing the
usage pattern, they can give a strict schedule of the time
limitation in using the internet. This can help in force altering the
Continuation usage pattern of the user. Support groups are also encouraged to
help the user in feeling motivated to improve. Residential
Inpatient Internet Addiction Treatments Centers are also
available. Having a healthy environment can often help in
speeding up progress and there are nurses or helpers that can help
in supervising and guiding the user. In worst case scenarios,
prescription and over-counter medications are taken into
consideration to further help the treatment. Although currently,
there are still no over-the-counter medications known to directly
assist internet addiction.
  Social Isolation is the state in which a person
feels the lack of ability in socializing. The
What is person also feels like he/she does not belong.
He/she also usually fails in creating
Social relationships with others. People who feel
Isolation? socially isolated involuntarily prevent contact
and socialization between individuals and the
society.
 1. Shame and depression
A person 2. Solitude
experiences 3. Social anxiety and fears of abandonment
social 4. Lack in social contact
isolation if 5. Relationship on social and professional are
he/she limited
suffers from: 6. Loneliness and distress
  Emotional Isolation
It is a state of unable and unwilling to share emotions
with anyone. It occurs due to social isolation and isolated
emotionally because of social network.

Continuation Solitude, Isolation, and Loneliness

• Solitude means being alone.
•Isolation means lack of support in social relationships
and emotion.
•Loneliness means longing for social contact.
  Social media feel connected that replaces in-
person in fleeting online interactions substitute
for more substantive conversation that increases
Does Social access to meaningful relationships and reduce
isolation.
Media  From 10 up to 32 years old found frequent social
Cause media users and got the higher levels of
Isolation? perceived social isolation with three times as
likely to feel isolated as the least frequent users.
The use of social media as a result may be
harmful or feel isolated.
  People who use the Internet frequently spend fewer
time in doing different kinds of activities and this
How the includes socializing. But do people really sacrifice
social interaction to be able to use the internet or do
Internet they use the internet because they lack the ability to
Affects socialize? A study conducted by Sanders, Field;
Diego, and Kaplan (2000) shows that lower internet
Social use by teenagers or adolescents is related to a
Isolation? better relationship with parents and even friends.
The study also found that higher internet use leads
to a person’s weaker social ties.
D. Selective  Selective Exposure Theory is the tendency
of a person within mass media to avoid
Exposure and stumbling upon an information that opposes
Political their current opinion and to search for an
Polarization information that can strengthen or prove
their view. It is human nature for us not to
want our ideas, opinions, and beliefs to be
What is contradicted. A humans emotion plays a big
Selective part in this. It is not a requirement to change
your opinion or beliefs when you read a
Exposure contradicted information, but it is best to at
Theory? least recognize it.
  With the rise of the internet, we tend to rely deeply
on it in everything that we do. Although there are
certain parameters we have to follow to fully utilize its
use. It may not be noticeable but selective exposure
takes place in our daily use of the internet, especially
Selective on social media. With 500,000 new users a day in
Facebook alone, users go through thousands to
Exposure in millions or posts each day. This is where we can
positively use the concept of selective exposure theory.
the  There are negative and positive sides in using
Internet selective exposure in the internet age. For the negative
side, readers should not avoid information
Age contradictions their current view. Instead, the reader
should learn to read information to educate themselves
without the need to change their opinions because
selectively reading information that only coincides with
a reader’s belief can cause for the reader to miss out on
important facts.
  For the positive side, readers should learn what
to believe or what not to believe when reading
information online. This way, readers could stay
away from “fake news” and from spreading it.
According to Facebook’s estimate no more
than 3% of its users are fake accounts and 6%
to 10% of it are duplicate accounts. The
Continuation numbers may seem small in percentage but
when translated into the number of accounts,
that would be a whopping 270 million
Facebook accounts that are fraudulent. There
are circumstances where a user should carefully
choose what to use, read, or listen to avoid
unwanted happenings.
  According to DiMaggio, Evans, Bryson (1996),
“Polarization is both a state and a process.
Polarization as a state refers to the extent to which
opinions on an issue are opposed in relation to some
theoretical maximum. Polarization as a process
What is refers to the increase in such opposition over time.”
 So basically in politics, polarization refers to the
Political
divided political outlook in ideological extremes.
Polarization? Middle ground usually cannot be found in these
cases but two extremely contradicting opinions.
These are two types of political polarization:
 Elite Polarization and
 Popular Polarization
  Elite Polarization is the polarization within a
party. This happens when the party’s views are
homogeneous. Political parties with Elite
polarization have a distinct or a particular point of
view and are more unified internally, and are
habitually seen in a parliamentary system of
Continuation democratic governance.
 Popular Polarization or sometimes called mass
polarization happens when majority of the people in
a party have a more heterogeneous view, principle,
and Policies. Members are divided and usually
become less moderate in cases of political
polarization.
  According to Yonghwan (2013), citizen’s selective exposure
to ideologically, slanted media outlets will lead to polarized
attitudes toward political candidates. Conservative
Republicans consuming more conservative media outlets
The Impact were more likely to have polarized attitudes presidential
candidates.
of Selective  An estimated 40% among the human population have
Exposure to access to social media and that translates to a staggering
number of over 3 billion users logging onto social media.
Political That number may be equally divided into two oppositions
Polarization but that still has divisions of interest, and those who are
like-minded are that ones that usually interact because of
selective exposure.
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  The internet has become a significant aspect
when it comes to voting and other political
issues. But do the readers really seek for the
better option or are they just selectively
looking for information that can strengthen
Continuation their faith in their choice? This is how
selectively exposure affects political
polarization. People prove their views as
blinded as they can be, which creates two very
contradicting oppositions that strongly
reinforce political polarization.
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