Introduction
Internet addictions have been a major debate around the featured in several articles airing a range of topics that interest the majority of the readers. As several researchers in this field can attest several debates discuss about the primary challenges around the subject or disorders and problems connected to the online activities and platforms (Lee, 2014).\u00a0 Has internet disorder become a common disorder? Does the word internet addiction have any practical and clarity utility or it just brings confusion because it occurs both offline or online? Does the debate also misdirect people\u2019s attention from a clinical review for the excessive use of technology? Is the addiction of internet a new wave of disorders?
Analyzing the Term "Internet"
This issue will be presented with the full acknowledgment of the dilemmas faced. The Internet is a term that is usually used to show not only various online activities but also a platform that several activities take place. It is therefore essential to overlook the exact meaning of the term. Having internet addiction as a label with perceived validity from scientists, it also rallies around everyone's empirical observation to develop a critical debate based on the practical utility. The explanation is evident around the East Asian regions because several advances of applying the policies of treatment and prevention over the internet misuse have always been a challenge since internet addiction has affected the academic studies due to public pressure (Shinhee, 2010). However, international efforts on the entire usage of internet has brought ambiguity and confusion regarding diagnosing the issue. An individual who is used to do online gambling cannot be categorized as an addicted internet user but rather a gambler. Whereas, someone that uses most of their time online and gets rid of the social life is also not an internet addict but a socially anxious person. Moreover, an individual who intensively uses the internet for a few months that results in sleepless nights who eventually ends up arguing with people is also not an addiction of the internet (Shinhee, 2010).
Challenges in Defining Internet Addiction
In this new theory, stakeholders and clinicians should be careful where they tread to make effecient decisions based on the internet addiction. The Diagnostic and Statistic Manual (DSM-5) warrants a further research but is also not familiar with \u2018internet addiction,\u2019\u00a0 (Dowling, 2014). While there are several advantages of labeling the use of the internet, there are pitfalls that did does not accept the internet-related disorder. In this case, it can lead to an excited furry between the clinical online-related activities and the researchers. Therefore, without credible reason, the internet addiction can have the clinical nomenclature as disorders. The word gaming as identified at the beginning was first discovered by researchers through the challenges of substance and gambling addiction areas. The words \u2018alcohal\u2019 and \u2018gamblinga were then substituted and removed with \u2018gaming\u2019 in case report studies and screening surveys (Dowlin, 2014). The internet game disorder, in this case, encouraged several researchers to change the definition of online activities with the motive of delivering the shorter version of \u2018intenet addiction.\u2019 This means that we are already seeing the troubling phenomenon due to various creations of several screening measures and tools each created for a new population and activity irrespective of the similarities.
The Scale of Tinder Use
One challenge that has always been debated is the Tinder use scale especially for the use of LoveFlutter, Bumble or OKCupid. In 2012 for instance, 18 measure of problematic gaming was discovered, and since then the challenge has increased dramatically (Dowling, 2014). It is also a significant challenge for the field for it works to have experienced and newcomers clinicians as well as to establish its credibility through the inconsistent approaches to screening. The challenges mentioned above has prompted spirited debate between the editorial team due to the submission of the concerned matters. It is a desire that the representation of three papers may stimulate the viewers.
Exploring Internet Engagement and Addiction
One article is about Daniel Miller and Michelle Drouin and how they examine the coordination between internet engagement and addiction through the online erotica between the United States men. The purpose of this research was to explore the extent which people use the internet to visit sex and pornography websites and how the relationship between the risky sexual online character and internet addiction connect (Drouin \\\" Miller, 2016). The results included applying several treatment applications to the targeted therapeutic among the individuals that used the internet most. The second paper that was narrated by Van Zalk wanted to find out about social anxiety and how it moderated excessive online chatting as well as compulsive internet usage among the teenage group (Zalk, 2011).
The Impact of Facebook on Internet Addiction
\u00a0The findings of the study were very provocative because while being anxious is a severe and prevalent psychological condition, social anxiety also had other effects that limit the time someone uses online thus reducing the risk of having the compulsive online characters (Zalk, 2011). Lastly is the article touching on different levels of Facebook users? Tracii Ryan who was the author used cluster analysis to reflect and find ways which individuals develop various problems through gaming and socializing through facebook (Ryan, 2014). The results of this study is helpful because it offers new reflections and insights on how risky gaming can be regarding our level of understanding (Ryan, 2014). In preparation for this report, it can be seen that internet addiction has a wide range of definition that unless a person understands its concept and the effects, then it can as well be misunderstood.
References
Dowling, N. A. (2014). Issues raised by the DSM-5 internet gaming disorder classification and proposed diagnostic criteria. Addiction,
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Drouin, M., " Miller, D. A. (2016). Online erotica usage as a mediator between internet addiction and engagement in risky online sexual behaviors. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10(3). doi:10.5817/cp2016-3-2
Lee, E. J. (2011). A case study of Internet Game Addiction. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 22(4), 208-213. doi:10.3109/10884602.2011.616609
Ryan, T. (2014). The uses and abuses of Facebook: A review of Facebook addiction. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 3(3), 133-148. doi:10.1556/jba.3.2014.016
Shinhee, J. (2010). Commodified English in East Asian Internet Advertising. Language and the Market, 109-120. doi:10.1007/978-0-230-29692-3_10
Zalk, M. H. (2011). Who Benefits From Chatting, and Why? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37(9), 1202-1215. doi:10.1177/0146167211409053
