Transcript COMP 2903 Course Overview

COMP 2903
A36 - In Korea, a Boot Camp Cure fro
Web Obsession
Danny Silver
JSOCS, Acadia University
Martin Fackler
The New York Times, November 18, 2007
Boot camp for the Obsessed
• Imagine 12 days of:
– No computers, 1 hour of cell phone per day
– Drill instructors, physical exercise
– Obstacle courses, group activities
– House durties
– Counseling sessions
– Pottery and drumming therapy
• Jump Up Internet Rescue School
– Camp for cyberspace addiction
Do you know anyone
who is obsessed with IT?
• Try an Internet Addiction Test
• Here is another
• And there are several others on the web.
• So let’s try and experiment …
• http://www.mlgpro.com/2009/Halo3/LiveCo
mpetition/TeamStandings
South Korea most wired
nation on earth
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90% of homes connect to high-speed Internet
Online gaming is a professional sport
“PC Bang” social life
… Has led to compulsive Internet use as being
seen as a mental health issue
– Students skip school
– People have dropped dead from exhaustion after
playing games for days
– Up to 30% (2.4 M) of under 18 are at risk
South Korea most wired
nation on earth
• Addressing the problem:
– 140 internet-addiction counseling centres
– Treatment programs at all hospitals
– Internet Rescue Camp (started summer 2007)
– First International Symposium on Internet
Addiction – Sept, 2007
A Growing Problem
• Other countries are now having to deal with IA
– China and Taiwan
– USA - 9 M may be at risk
– Canada