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"This is about a society of isolates who all communicate with one another from terminal sites. This is about being disembodied, distanced, distinct, and that sort of boundary-thing. It is not about being present. It is not about being there. It is not about a shared history, or a shared meal, or a shared story, or any kind of mutuality. It is about contact between virtual strangers. . . . It happens when you feel that you are so alone that you need anybody to talk to--anybody at all--because you believe that your connections have failed you. This kind of connection leaves you cold and dead inside, because it lacks history and a language of belonging." In this daring, postmodern autobiography, S. Paige Baty recounts her search for love and community on the Internet. Taking Jack Kerouac's On the Road as a point of departure, Baty describes both an actual road trip to meet the object of an e-mail romance and the cyber-search for connection that draws so many people into the matrix of the Internet. Writing in a bold, experimental style that freely mixes e-mails, poems, fragments of quotations, and puns into expository text, she convincingly links e-mail trouble with "female trouble" in the displacement of embodied love and accountable human relationships to opaque screens and alienated identities. Her book stands as a vivid feminist critique of our culture's love affair with technology and its dehumanizing effect on personal relationships. ... Read more

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Brilliant, beautiful,thought provoking and heart breaking
e-mail trouble: love and addiction @ the matrix, is a miraculous missive from the late S. Paige Baty. Part autobiography, part fiction, part theory, this book is unlike any other. I should note that I am not only a readerand reviewer of e-mail trouble, I am also a character: Sitting in a bar inNorthern California, Paige and I began to write a comic book.Wherepreviously we had played at being Maggie and Hopey of Love and Rockets, were-invented ourselves as Dr. Rocket and Fly-bi-nightly in a world of ourown. E-mail trouble is about trying to live, to love, to be in the world. The book is a love letter to Paige's many friends, but it is also animportant theoretical work, one that draws on Camus as well as Foucault, onKierkegaard and Norman O'Brown, Emerson and Pynchon, Louisa May Alcott andbell hooks, Kerouac and Plato. In addition to illuminating the work of pastthinkers, she also sheds light on our tired and wired culture, thedifficulty of inhabiting a female body, the importance of time and place,of communication and community. Paige was truly an original thinker, agifted teacher, and one of the best writers I've ever read.Reading e-mailtrouble made me laugh, cry and realize how much Paige is a part of me--andhow wonderful that is. There is no one I know to whom I would not givethis book, I can think of few gifts as great. Paige and I often spoke ofaddiction--we tried to define it, understand it, conquer it.It oftenseemed that we came to different conclusions, and we often pursueddifferent paths, but we continued to talk, and to love. I miss my friend.This book is a posthumous present, a tangible reminder of Paige for thosethat knew her, but also a gift to those that never had the chance. I onlywish that there were more picnics in the future. ... Read more

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Use the Internet. Know its dangers.

Internet use is catching on faster than any form of technology ever invented. Its potential for human benefit is beyond measure. But it is not without problems:

• Marriages break up over emotional relationships forged in chat rooms.
• College students risk grades and health to spend time online.
• Child abusers lure kids by contact through the internet.
• Adults spend fortunes to subscribe to internet pornography.

These people have crossed the boundary between healthy use and obsessive preoccupation with this versatile electronic medium. An avid net-surfer himself, therapist Gregory Jantz has seen an increasing number of clients coming to his counseling centers for help with internet abuse. Jantz writes for two audiences: those who are worried about a loved one's use of the net, and internet users who may have a problem. He offers both groups concrete and biblical steps for working towards change. ... Read more

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Helpful to Christian Americans
In his book Dr. Jantz is giving a Christian way of dealing with issues related to problematic use of the Internet. This book is written to be readby a large population: no difficult words, an easy style, catching phrases.It can best be described as a self-help-book: it helps you to scrutinizeyour behavior (or that of loved ones) towards your computer and offerssimple and down to earth advice as to how to change behavior according to astep-by-step method. Dr. Jantz writes with much common sense. His bookshows he is familiar with working with families and with behavioralinterventions. He includes advice for those who have children who are (too)interested in surfing the Net. For Europeans his writing style and hisideas might be too "American": At times Dr. Jantz seems to bemore of a preacher than a therapist and he focuses very much on the nuclearfamily. For Christian Americans though, looking for guidance as to how touse the Internet in a sensible and healthy way, this book can be of greatvalue. ... Read more

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This book is about the fastest growing form of electronic game in the world—the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). It introduces these self-contained three-dimensional virtual worlds, often inhabited by thousands of players, and describes their evolution and sometimes become addicted to it. It also delves into the psychology of the people who inhabit the game universe and explores the development of the unique cultures, economies, moral codes, and slang in these virtual communities. It explains how the games are built, the spin-offs that players create to enhance their game lives, and peeks at the future of MMORPGs as they evolve from a form of amusement to an educational, scientific, and business tool.

Based on hundreds of interviews over a three-year period, the work explores reasons people are attracted to and addicted to these games. It also surveys many existing and upcoming games, identifying their unique features and attractions. Two appendices list online addiction organizations and MMORPG information sites. ... Read more

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The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
No, I'm not talking about Western movies.I'm talking about online gaming.Sometimes it helps shy people learn social skills.Other times they bury themselves so deep into the life online that they can never come back.Some find ways to interact with others, while others slash and stab their way to victory.
Online life allows people outlets - to write, create, play, release stress.But it also can replace real life in some people's heads.This book will help explain how it works, how people deal with it, and what the future may bring to the online society.Having been printed in 2004 the information is already slightly outdated even if the insight is not.

Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games
This is an excellent book on video game addiction. It has helped me understand why my son finds it so difficult to stop playing. Thank you R.V. Kelly 2 for writing this book. ... Read more

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It might start with an innocent exploration of chat rooms, or a stab at an interactive multiuser game. But the Internet, for many Americans, has the potential to become an addiction that wreaks havoc at home, work, school, and in real-life relationships. The author, an expert on Internet addiction, began researching obsessive online behavior when he noticed that an increasing number of couples seeking marriage counseling were suffering from cyberspace-related problems.

Virtual Addiction includes 12 warning signs of Internet abuse, steps for addicts to change behavior, and advice for compulsive online shoppers and stock traders. ... Read more

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What a great book if you don't have issues
Well I thought this book great. In reading the review of the person who didn't like it, unfortunately I think they were not ready to learn from it...sounds like a few issues that need to be worked otu.The book is titled for what the terms fellow webers call themselves (and it is a way for them to relate to the book and feel like this person knows them) and as the title says "and Those Who Love Them"...which is why the book goes so deeply into explaining chat rooms and the such. I would get the book, if only to try out some of the exercises and go from there.

totally helpful!
i'm grateful to the author for offering such a comprehensive guide to net addiction.i picked it up because my brother just got a divorce because of his addiction to the internet.(also, the title and the cool cover reallycaught my attention.)once i'd read 10 or so pages i was completelyabsorbed.the writing is above-average for a self-help book, and thechapters have lively examples and practical help.i plan on buying it formy entire family for xmas!

finally my internet use makes sense
As a technophobe, I had never expected to spend the kind of time online that I do. Dr. Greenfield's book helped me to finally understand why I was so drawn to this world, and whether or not I truly had a problem. Irespectfully disagree with the previous reviewer. How much is too much is avery complicated question, especially in light of the mainstreaming of thenet. But I think the author manages to answer it gracefully andintelligently, and offer some sensible steps for change. I recommend thisbook without hesitation.

This book says a lot of nothing!
The title is relatively offensive and derogatory towards people who are addicted to the Internet.To call Internet-addicted users "cyberfreaks" or "netheads" minimizes the serious impact of what this condition does topeople's personal and professional lives.However, despite the improperbook title, I was hopeful the book would offer quality guidance for thosewho suffer from net addiction.But to my great disappointment, the bookwas full of dull, academic, and general theory about models of chemicaldependency without any genuine attempt to understand how the Internetaddiction differs from other compulsive disorders. While some of thechapters ended with brief checklists, none offered any concrete,constructive, and detailed exercises to help sufferers cope with theproblem.Furthermore, the book is quite remedial as the author wastes agreat deal of time to describe each Internet application (e.g., The Web,Chat Rooms, Newsgroups), as if readers would not already understand whatmany of these functions are from previous online exposure.The book is notenlightening and does not offer much more than would be common sense to anaverage person.Through his writing, Dr. Greenfield not only reveals hislack of Internet knowledge but shows that he clearly does not know his ownsubject matter.He bases his entire book on an online poll conducted atabcnews.com thatprovides some broad statistics but does little to revealthe depth of the problem.It seems that this book reflects the author'sshallow attempt to gain notoriety rather than a sincere attempt to trulyhelp people.

In the author's desperation to receive positive feedback,he even had to ASK someone to write a review on Amazon (see first review). If Dr. Greenfield were truly interested in understanding how his bookimpacts the public, he should try to read unsolicited and unbiased reviews.

It's really a must-read to better understand potential pitfa
It's really a must-read to better understand potential pitfalls of surfing on the Internet. As a writer, I came across Dr. Greenfield via the ABCNews online survey, and had occasion to write a story on that subject myself,grateful to have some of his comments and insights for the piece. We havebecome friends since then, and Dr. Greenfield honored me with his requestfor a quote from me for the inside cover of this book. It was as a businessand technical writer that I provided the book liner quote, but it's now asa veteran Internet surfer and consumer that I write this comment for him onAmazon.com. Buy it, use it, memorize it, heed its warnings - - - whetheryou are the novice or the veteran on the Internet. Rand HolmanPublisher/Editor www.newsschmooze.com ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Mental Health Counseling, published by American Mental Health Counselors Association on October 1, 2001. The length of the article is 6093 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Internet addiction: college student case study using best practices in cognitive behavior therapy.
Author: Alex S. Hall
Publication: Journal of Mental Health Counseling (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: American Mental Health Counselors Association
Volume: 23Issue: 4Page: 312(16)

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Chapters: Spore, the 39 Clues, Online Poker, 1 Vs. 100, Lag, War of Internet Addiction, Rotohog, Online Text-Based Role-Playing Game, Ghost Online, Heroes of Newerth, Play-By-Post Role-Playing Game, Online Game, Virtonomics, Phantasy Star Universe, Gunz: the Duel, Steppenwolf: the X-Creatures Project, Online Skill-Based Game, Ogame, Counter-Strike Online, the Nethernet, Cosmic Supremacy, Persistent World, Truemoneygames, Totomi Game, Placespotting, Kidscom.com, Escapa, Acrophobia, Crazy Kart, Falling Sand Game, Guild Hosting, X-Wars, the Stone, Notpron, Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation, Primeval Evolved, List of Video Game Websites, the Perfect General, Irc Poker, Talesrunner Thailand, Online Word Game, Escape From Knab, Super B. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 222. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Spore is a multi-genre single-player god game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. The game was released for the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems in September 2008 as Spore. Spore is also available for direct download from EA games. A special edition of the game, Spore: Galactic Edition, additionally includes a Making of Spore DVD video, How to Build a Better Being DVD video by National Geographic Channel, The Art of Spore hardback mini-book, a fold-out Spore poster and a 100-page Galactic Handbook published by Prima Games. As part of its license, Electronic Arts released Spore Origins, an arcade-style game for mobile devices, and Spore Creatures, a light RPG for the Nintendo DS. Spore Galactic Adventures, an expansion pack for the PC game, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena for Wii and Nintendo DS respectively, is in the fall 2009 lineup, and Spore Creature Keeper have been announced as part of the 2009 lineup. Covering many genres including action, re...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18248185 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of Employee Assistance, published by Employee Assistance Professionals on April 1, 2009. The length of the article is 1718 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sex and love addiction on the Internet: employers and EA professionals need to see minor sexual and relationship problems as probably indicative of larger issues and provide a healthy and supportive environment for assessment, referral and treatment.
Author: Eric Griffin-Shelley
Publication: The Journal of Employee Assistance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2009
Publisher: Employee Assistance Professionals
Volume: 39Issue: 2Page: 21(3)

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This digital document is a journal article from Computers in Human Behavior, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The aim of this paper is to review the gradually evolving body of the literature on Internet addiction. Two schools of thought have emerged: those authors who believe that Internet addiction merits classification as a new or emerging psychiatric disorder in its own right, and those who define certain individuals as having problematic Internet use in relation to specific online activities, such as gambling, email or pornography. Despite a total lack of methodologically sound research, the evidence appears to support the second perspective. It appears that individuals who are premorbidly vulnerable, especially with a history of impulse control and addictive disorders, are especially at risk of using the Internet in a problematic way. Aside from the personal and social implications of this finding, this behavior has important implications for the workplace and may be resulting in substantial loss of productivity in companies who are not implementing Internet governance policies. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Adolescence, published by Libra Publishers, Inc. on December 22, 2008. The length of the article is 5460 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: This study investigated the prevalence of Internet addiction among South Korean adolescents and explored family factors associated with such addiction. The study participants were middle and high school students residing in Seoul. One-tenth (10.7%) of the 903 adolescents surveyed scored at least 70 on the Internet Addiction Scale. These youths were considered at high risk for Internet addiction and in need of further assessment and intervention. Results show that parenting attitudes, family communication, family cohesion, and family violence exposure (e.g., conjugal violence and parent-to-child violence) were associated with Internet addiction. These findings indicate that families play an important role in preventing Internet addiction and must be considered when programs are developed to minimize excessive Internet usage by high-risk adolescents.

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Title: Prevalence of internet addiction and correlations with family factors among South Korean adolescents.(Report)
Author: Soo Kyung Park
Publication: Adolescence (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2008
Publisher: Libra Publishers, Inc.
Volume: 43Issue: 172Page: 895(15)

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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on December 1, 2009. The length of the article is 547 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ADHD, hostility predicted Internet addiction.(BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS)
Author: Mary Ann Moon
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2009
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 43Issue: 12Page: 23(1)

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This digital document is an article from Reason, published by Reason Foundation on August 1, 2010. The length of the article is 1391 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Internet addiction: what once was parody may soon be diagnosis.(Columns)
Author: Greg Beato
Publication: Reason (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher: Reason Foundation
Volume: 42Issue: 4Page: 16(2)

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on November 30, 2001. The length of the article is 1070 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Atrapados en la Red.(adicción a la internet)(TT: Trapped in the Internet.)(TA: Internet addiction)(Artículo Breve)
Author: Mayka Paniagua
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 30, 2001
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Page: 102

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An informative look at the impact powerful cultural forces like technology, media, and consumerism are having on the individual in the form of compulsive behaviors and addictions. 21st Century Addictions and Obsessions tells the story of the changing nature of addiction and the rise of behavioral addictions, such as compulsive shopping and Internet overuse. ... Read more

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Very Small But Very Informative
It was written in a format that was appealling and informative.Would highly reccommend!!!!!Warning it is kinda small.....don't say I didn't tell ya..... ... Read more

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The “Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders” is a comprehensive two-volume set providing detailed information on mental disorders and conditions, in an easy-to-use format. It includes entries for all 150 disorders classified in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” and also features entries for prescription, alternative and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders.