Characteristics of internet Addiction.

Wen, L. (2015, February 10). Retrieved April 14, 2015.

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this article talks about how each generation now a days is more familiar and more dependent upon the Internet. The number of U.S. Internet users increased 257% between 2000 and in 2012, the Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Survey indicated that approximately 90% of U.S. youth and young are more likely to be addicted than those who grew up without this benefit. It is more than clear that having access to the internet can benefit students and many others out there by amplifying the access to a variety of information, it builds, entertains, and structures communication among society.  However, using the internet in a daily basis innumerous times a day can cause serious consequences for an increasing number of people. Rising to the level of pathological internet use (PIU) or internet addiction (IA) carrying negative consequences to those of other behavioral addiction.