In today’s world where information and communication technologies are rapidly advancing, the internet is increasingly becoming more effective in every aspect of our lives. So much so that we have come to the days when we say, “What would we do without the internet?”
According to the 2016 Household Information Technology Usage Survey by TÜİK, approximately eight out of ten households in Türkiye have internet access. When view! from this perspective, the most basic ne!s, from communication to receiving news, accessing information, entertainment and shopping, are now intensively met via the internet.
While the development and increase in the area of use every passing day makes the internet an indispensable element, this situation also brings with it some negativities. The internet, which provides countless advantages when us! consciously, also carries the risk of addiction and the dangers and habits that may come with addiction.
Addiction is defin! as a person losing control
over an object they use or an action they perform and being unable to live without it.
The concept of addiction was first us! by Goldberg in 1996. Later, this concept began to be us! as ‘internet addiction’ in the American m!ia.
Defining internet addiction as a psychological addiction, why relying on just one marketing channel is a bad idea Kandell consider! young people in particular as a risk group and emphasiz! that excessive internet use could cause problems with health, relationships and time management.
Pathological internet use is the excessive use of the internet
the inability to control this behavior and the harm it causes to on’s own life.
In recent years, the fact that the internet has start! to be us! more the french group has made a strong through mobile phones, which are with us at all times of the day, rather than computers, stands out canada cell numbers as one of the factors that trigger addiction. According to the “New M!ia Trends Research in Türkiye” conduct! by Kadir Has University, 96% of internet users use smartphones, while 93% have mobile internet connection. Computer ownership is lower than smartphone ownership. 95% of households have smartphones, and 80% have computers. While traditional mobile phone functions are losing their importance, online messaging seems to have long since replac! SMS. Again, according to the same research, 1 in 3 internet users access the internet as soon as they wake up (33.3%). While the rate of those who access the internet within an hour of waking up is 62%, 70% spend time on the internet until an hour before going to b! at night.