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    Media and Information Literacy Computer Addiction

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    This document discusses computer addiction among teenagers. It notes that 39% of teenagers surveyed thought they were addicted to the internet, with higher rates among girls (46%) than boys (36%). It provides an example of a cousin who was addicted to playing Roblox to the point it affected his grades, but who has since limited his computer use and prioritized his studies. The document recommends schools set time limits on device use and forbid their use in bed to help prevent computer addiction.

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    This document discusses computer addiction among teenagers. It notes that 39% of teenagers surveyed thought they were addicted to the internet, with higher rates among girls (46%) than boys (36%). It provides an example of a cousin who was addicted to playing Roblox to the point it affected his grades, but who has since limited his computer use and prioritized his studies. The document recommends schools set time limits on device use and forbid their use in bed to help prevent computer addiction.

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    This document discusses computer addiction among teenagers. It notes that 39% of teenagers surveyed thought they were addicted to the internet, with higher rates among girls (46%) than boys (36%). It provides an example of a cousin who was addicted to playing Roblox to the point it affected his grades, but who has since limited his computer use and prioritized his studies. The document recommends schools set time limits on device use and forbid their use in bed to help prevent computer addiction.

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    This document discusses computer addiction among teenagers. It notes that 39% of teenagers surveyed thought they were addicted to the internet, with higher rates among girls (46%) than boys (36%). It provides an example of a cousin who was addicted to playing Roblox to the point it affected his grades, but who has since limited his computer use and prioritized his studies. The document recommends schools set time limits on device use and forbid their use in bed to help prevent computer addiction.

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    Media and Information

    Literacy
    Case study #3: Computer Addiction
    READ THE
    ARTICLE:
    “Four in ten teenage girls ‘are
    addicted to internet’: Youngster
    increasingly showing signs of
    compulsion with their tablets and
    smartphones”
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk
    /news/article-2623903/amp/Four-ten-teenage-girls-a
    ddicted-internet-Youngsters-increasingly-showing-si
    gns-compulsion-tablets-smart-phones.html
    COMPUTER ADDICTION

    WHAT WHO
    An Internet or computer Youngsters who are lonely,
    addiction is the excessive use shy, easily bored or suffering
    of the former or the latter from another addiction or
    impulse control disorder.

    WHEN HOW
    Adolescents aged 15-16 years,
    Research suggests that heavy
    especially male adolescents, are
    the most prone to the
    social media use can also be a
    development of Internet risk factor for anxiety and
    addiction, whereas adolescents depression in teenagers
    aged 11-12 years show the lowest
    level of Internet addiction.
    QUESTIONS BEING ASKED

    QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION


    1 2 3
    From the research, do boys Cite one real-life example
    and girls share the same in your school or Give two pieces of advice
    internet usage? community of teenagers from tablets for schools to
    who have experienced avoid computer addiction.
    computer addiction, what
    happened to them and have
    they recovered from their
    addiction.
    QUESTION #1
    From your research, do boys and girls
    share the same Internet usage? Explain
    your answer. Cite statistics or data.

    QUESTION #1
    QUESTION #1:
    Boys and Girls don’t share the same Internet
    usage. In the survey that questioned more
    than 2000 secondary school pupils aged 11 to
    17, 39% of them thought they were addicted
    to the Internet. The figure was higher among
    girls at 46%, whereas 36% of the boys
    thought they were addicted. It was found out
    that girls spent more time chatting to friends
    on social networks while boys were more
    absorbed by computer games. Same statistical
    data was observed in Statistical news from
    Statistics Sweden 2014-06-10 9.30.
    QUESTION #2
    Cite one real-life example in your community of
    teenagers who have experienced computer
    addiction. What happened to them? Have they
    recovered from addiction?
    QUESTION #2
    One real life example of He then continued to be
    computer addiction is my addicted even during periodic
    cousin. He turns on his tests; this resulted in some of his
    computer as soon as he sits in grades dropping. Since he saw
    front of his computer. He plays those grades, he promised that
    Roblox nonstop; this frustrated he will limit playing and do
    my uncle and always reminded something about his addiction.
    him to stop playing. Of course, Now he prioritizes his studies
    he didn't stop playing. and only go on his computer on
    his free time.
    QUESTION #2
    QUESTION #3
    Give two pieces of advice from tablets for
    Schools to avoid computer addiction.

    QUESTION #3
    One of the pieces of advice is to forbid
    children from using gadgets in bed and to
    encourage them to purchase alarm clocks
    rather than relying on their phones.

    Another piece of advice is to set time


    limitations as to how much time youngsters
    can spend using devices, with specific
    ‘unplugged’ times during the day or week.
    SUMMARY

    • Boys and girls don’t share the same internet usage.

    • One real life example of computer addiction is


    Frian’s cousin.

    • Tablets for School’s pieces of advice


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    Coleen Ibanez
    Loreane Gacias
    Rhytzelle Palapus
    Frian Cafirma
    Victoria Taccad
    John Cabrera

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