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“College students who are addicted to the Internet report positive and negative effects on their family relationships”

Georgia State University researcher Susan Snyder is studying the impact of Internet addiction (or PIU, Problematic Internet Use, described as >25 hours/week of non-school or -work use) on family

By |2016-01-25T19:24:58-08:00January 25th, 2016|Attention / Distraction, Contemplative computing, Health / Medicine / Wellness, Science, Statistics / Surveys, Technology|Comments Off on “College students who are addicted to the Internet report positive and negative effects on their family relationships”

“digital tools have been engineered specifically to elicit compulsive behaviour”

Michael Schulson in Aeon writes about designing devices for addiction: [S]hould individuals be blamed for having poor self-control? To a point, yes. Personal responsibility matters. But it’s important

By |2015-12-07T21:59:13-08:00December 7th, 2015|Attention / Distraction, Contemplative computing, Design, Flow|Comments Off on “digital tools have been engineered specifically to elicit compulsive behaviour”
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