Thursday, October 16, 2014

Evaluating an internet resource #2:

Evaluate:
This article portrays a careful and detailed study of Internet addiction's effects on people. The article is comprised of a study, with a year follow up, which considers changes such as social anxiety, depression and relationships. Additionally the study in the article was studied in 1,863 adolescents in Taiwan. The article provides statistical analysis, results, clinical implications and a discussion on the findings of the study. This article's area of focus deals with teenagers specifically. It does not look into how other areas of people are affected by internet usage and addiction.

Compare:
This article was very precise and detail oriented. The article was very academic and scientific in analyzing and observing the effects of the internet in the whole experience of the many adolescents in the study.

Record:
The article has 43 references!

1 M.L. Norris, HEADSS up: Adolescents and the internet, Paediatr Child Health, Vol. 12, 2007, 211-216

Citation:
Ko, Chih-Hung, et al. "The Exacerbation of Depression, Hostility, and Social Anxiety in the Course of       Internet Addiction among Adolescents: A Prospective Study." Comprehensive psychiatry 55.6 (2014): 1377-84. ProQuest. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.

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