Netaholics? : The Creation of a Pathology

The Creation of a Pathology

By: Carla G Surratt

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Hardcover | 1 January 1999

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The year 1998 witnessed the birth of a new disorder...Internet Addiction Disorder. As the number of linkage points, host computers, connected networks and individual users plugged into the Internet has continued to increase exponentially, some have begun to question the Net's impact on our psychological well-being. Among the issues under debate is the question of whether or not Internet use is addictive. Though many regular Internet participants scoff at such an idea, and create satirical Web sites, IRC chat rooms and Usenet newsgroups to make their point, a growing number of professionals in the field of psychology disagree. They argue that Internet participation is addictive, and that in many ways its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment parallel that of other addictions, such as compulsive gambling, shopping and even drug and alcohol abuse.
What are we to make of this new disorder? What, precisely, does addiction mean? Can individuals really become addicted to the Internet?

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Non-Fiction Psychology Abnormal Psychology Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Aspects of Illness & Addictions Computing & I.T.Digital Lifestyle & Online World: Consumer & User Guides Internet Guides & Online Services Medicine Medicine in General Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints

Psychoanalytical Theory & Freudian Psychology Cultural Studies Popular Culture Behavioural Theory & Behaviourism

Introduction	p. 1
Understanding Addiction: An Overview	p. 3
The Birth of Internet Addiction Disorder	p. 6
From Addiction to Dependence: Changing Definitions of Human Behavior	p. 13
A Brief History of Addiction as Mental Disorder	p. 14
"Process Addiction": America as an Addicted Society	p. 26
Internet Addiction Disorder: Social Interaction as Pathology	p. 43
Symbolic Interaction and the Deviance Process	p. 43
Creating a New Pathology: Internet Addiction Disorder	p. 58
An Easy Mark: Targeting Online Interaction	p. 79
A Brief History of Medicalization	p. 79
Critiques of Mass Electronically-Mediated Communications	p. 86
On Being Human: Online Self and Community	p. 137
Symbolic Communities	p. 139
The Reality of Online Communities	p. 147
An Interactionist View of Internet Addiction Disorder: Concluding Remarks	p. 175
Sources Consulted	p. 205
Index	p. 217
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