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Surfing the Internet can be as addictive as drugs, alcohol or gambling, a University of Pittsburgh researcher said last month. I
Surfing the Internet can be as addictive as drugs, alcohol or gambling, a University of Pittsburgh researcher said last month. I
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2013-08-12
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Surfing the Internet can be as addictive as drugs, alcohol or gambling, a University of Pittsburgh researcher said last month. In a study of almost 400 men and women in Canada, researchers found Internet addition hooked people into spending 40 hours or more a week online, most often involved in role-playing games or engaging in chat room discussions. One 17-year-old boy was so addicted to Internet activities that his parents had to admit him to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation hospital for 10 days for treatment. One woman, described by friends, family and children as the perfect homemaker, wife and mother, became so addicted to the Internet that she would not cook, clean or do the laundry and was neglecting her children and husband because she was spending as much as 12 hours a day talking to acquaintances on the Internet. Finally her husband said, "Choose me or the computer. " She divorced him. Psychologist Kimberly Young, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh’s Bradford campus, found that 76 percent of the subjects in the study spend as average of 40 hours a week on the Internet. Of the 396 people who met Young’s criteria for addicted Internet users, 157 were men, 239 women. The men were younger with an average age of 29; the women averaged 43 years of age. The largest group of addicted users of the Internet was people who were not working outside the home: homemakers, students and those who were disabled or retired. In a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Toronto, 82 percent of the addicted users said they had slowly drifted into their addiction.
Now listen to part of a lecture on the topic you just read about.
Question: Summarize the points made in the lecture you just read, explaining how they relate to points made in the reading.
Now listen to part of a lecture on the topic you just read about.
Professor
You know, the Internet has come to roost in the homes of people around the world. What is most fascinating is the fact that women have taken to the Internet much more in the last few years than ever before. What has caught their interest with the cyber world? Are women trying to counteract the dominance men have had in the computer world, or are they looking at the possibility of shopping via the Internet?
Until several years ago, computers, especially the Internet, were a man’s domain. Men used it to download news and information geared to meet their tastes. However, the introduction of sales via the Internet has attracted the attention of women. In today’s society, women are no longer cloistered in their kitchens. Today, they are working and spending less time at home. Shopping on-line has become an attractive, time-saving alternative! l-village. com is one of their favorite shopping places while surfing the Internet. Women not only shop for merchandise like clothing and accessories on-line, they also shop for books, household items, and services.
The growth of business via the Internet has amazed onlookers. Women are now at the forefront buying, chatting, and reading. They are taking the Internet quite seriously and are even forming women’s forums via the Internet. I wonder what their next move might be!
Question:
Summarize the points made in the lecture you just heard, explaining how they relate to points made in the reading.
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The Internet used to be man’s domain and was used to download news and information for business or interests. With the development of computers and communication technologies, more and more people have been increasingly attracted by the Internet for its various convenient services. Women, in a way, benefit a lot from the Internet. The lecture reenforces this idea by using details and facts. In particular, due to the introduction of sales via the Internet, shopping on-line has become an attractive, time-saving alternative. Besides doing business through the Internet, women are able to chat, read, and even form their own forums. They take great advantages of the Internet. The Internet will help people make a better life if it is used properly, otherwise, it will destroy people’s life. Surfing the Internet, without restriction, can be as addictive as drugs, alcohol or gambling. A husband and wife, who used to be admired by others, divorced because of the Internet; a young boy was sent to a rehabilitation hospital by his parents for his addiction to Internet activities. In a word, the Internet has influenced our life significantly.
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