It is the Internet that has a far-reaching influence on social members society with the greatest rapidity. The population of the Internet users in Korea, especially collegians and young people, is on the fast increase, creating new culture. Yet the ra...
It is the Internet that has a far-reaching influence on social members society with the greatest rapidity. The population of the Internet users in Korea, especially collegians and young people, is on the fast increase, creating new culture. Yet the rapid spread and distribution of the Internet cause a lot of problems.
The Internet can cause its users to face difficulties in person-to-person relationship if they use the internet for a long time. The adolescents with high sensitivity and at a critical stage of human development may be exposed to a lot of side effects due to overuse of the Internet.
In this context, this study is to find out what is the purpose of juvenile use of the Internet and what the psychosocial problems are in the wake of the side effect of the Internet.
The researcher worked with a total of 1,205 elementary, middle and high school students(female; 572, male:633) in Taejon with the help of a questionnaire research. The survey shows that the third grades of high school students and elementary school students are more significantly addicted to the Internet than middle school students and the first and third graders of high schools, and that the longer they use the Internet late at night, the more addicted they are.
In terms of the type of Internet service related to Internet addict, on-line games and chatting rooms are very significant. The parents' control over the use of the Internet turn out to have a negative effect. That is, the more the parents' control increases, the more addicted the subjects are likely to. The better their relationship with teachers are, the more satisfied they are with their school life, the less they are like to be addicted. And the more satisfied they are with class, the better their relationship with friends is. the less they are addicted. Adolescents's depression turns out to be closely to Internet addict.
The survey shows that addiction to the Internet has a greatly negative influence on the adolescents. It is necessary that parents, teachers, experts and relevant social institutions should work out systematic and educational programs.