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It’s more than the indulgence of luscious dark
chocolate or almond vanilla sundae but it’s the internet surfing that is
addictive ten times more.
My mind is totally infested by cyber addiction, but
don’t get me wrong, it’s just a routine to gather information in real time,
socialize with people more than miles away and share my magnum opus to the rest of the world. I must admit, I surf the
internet to the scope that it interferes with my daily life. It’s in my system
to take a plunge to the deep sea of virtual realm where everyone is in to. I
must say “One click a day keeps the doctors away”, - a psychological condition that
I found to be my stress reliever from everyday work. As probed by computer-based
director and project manager John Nicholas Rushby, he argued that people can be
addicted to computers and may possible to experience withdrawal symptoms, also
mentioned in a study of computer dependency by Margaret Shotton in her 1989 book entitled Computer Addiction. A bit scary that’s
why it’s been my mechanism to constrain time against my excessive use of
internet. The beginning of the internet saga is also the beginning of my
new-fangled lifestyle. The greetings of “good morning” after the sunrise doesn’t
only voiced by the lips but hurled via web. This life-changing practice is now
adapted by billions of people around the world and the ongoing modernization
keeps offering easy-going traditions. I may sleep for a while, but once my ego
awakened, surely the new media goes with it.
Since
all the facets of the internet where cybernatics are spending the excessive quantity
of time online have to do with social connections, it would appear that socialization is what makes it so
addicting. Whether it's via social networking sites, e-mail, a discussion
forum, chat, or an online game, it would be my satisfaction to do all this in a
single day. Would we ever depict everytime we spent in the real world with aquiantances
as addicting? Definitely not. I do talk with my family and friends on the phone
for hours on end so can I tagged as a phone addict? Off course not, it’s
because I still have the capacity to control and be aware about the span of
time I spent in the internet or phone. This would be how can I classify myself
to other internet-goer. I tweet most of the time. It’s been my passage to
connect with people that I can’t imagine they would reply back to me. International
celebrity like the Irish band, The Script and the local comedian Pokwang keeps
on retweeting me once I made a mention about their performance. That was
definitely a powerful means of communication. It affects me in a positive way wherein
my daily habit becomes easier to accomplish. Almost half of my time everyday
are connected to the new media and I know that in a certain perspective, it
could also be dangerous. Research about internet engagement among the youth of
today always reminds us that technology addictions may lead to increased
stress-levels, shorter attention spans and irregular sleep-patterns. Even I am directly
influenced by the new media, I always bear in mind these helpful reminder in
spite of technological warfare. We may ask ourselves, “technology is a great
tool, but is it worth our well-being?”
*Premise: The Effects of New Media in Myself
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