INTERNET ADDICTION IN INDIAN POPULATION - A CREEPING CONCERN

*Reeta Verma Katiyar, Dr. Sharique Ahmad, Shivani Singh, Adnan Saeed Shamsi

ABSTRACT

Technological era or Technological slave??“ The great myth of our time is that technology is communication” India stands second, internationally with about millions of Internet users and frequent enhancements in technology had increased the access of internet among all the age groups exceedingly in past years leap up the threat to various people but mainly population of adolescents age get afflicted with this addiction. However, internet addiction formally had not been identified as a different behaviour defect till now but in conditions of swiftly development of internet utilization also internet addiction is being identified as anti- international subject of concern. This appears to be essentially involved in few incredible aspects of prevention and management in internet addiction. The database management system supported in a way that supports multiple data models and its treatment had became internet addiction appears optimistic however attention needs to furthermore be on prevention. People ought to be made privy to the terrible effects of flippant utilization of internet. Accomplishing a harmony between providing the appropriate internet facilities and protecting people from risk of internet use which became a challenging task for policy makers. Though mental well-being professionals must be privy with regards of internet addiction functions towards execution of diagnosis, prevention and remedy techniques. Youth are investing maximum time in online activities gaming, pornography, excessive chatting, cyber crimes and so forth. As India is the country with the mostly young population. However, we have to obligate and implant the legal conduct amongst subsequent technology. This would not let our youngster lose their potential in scarcely perusing online and would spent their more time in actual world as against to digital one.

Keywords: Internet addiction, social, network prevalence, Problematic internet use, treatment, risk factor.