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=Facebook-Myspace-Internet Addiction= Creating drama in families, relationships and friends, troubling pictures or content affecting sports teams and school life, a whole new wave on finding soulmates and meeting new people, finding new artists and bands to score some new music, the well-known Facebook and Myspace trend can cause internet addiction and change schedules. The next generations way to daily life.

Jennifer R. Ferris, a psychologist at Virginia Tech (jferris@vt.edu) writes about Internet Addiction Disorder: Causes, Symptoms and Consequences.
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//How does online addiction affect brain cells, daily schedules and psychological well-being?// Growing research and statistics say that the growing fasination to the World Wide Web is actually considered a recorded problematic disorder. Internet Addiction Disorder can get as severe as you make it. People suffering from withdrawal symptoms such as tremors, shaking, distress, anxiety, obsessing about internet, what is happening on the internet, dreams about the internet and/or particular websites, voluntary or involuntary typing and movement of the fingers. How do you know you are really addicted? It is said that your internet time is no longer brief. Longer internet access is needed to relieve symptoms and get satisfaction, Withdrawal symptoms occuring within two days or one month without the internet, most or all recreation time is spent online, sleep deprevation, missing activities or being late for certain activities, meetings, etc. becuase of chronic internet use. It is known that people may lose jobs, careers, relationships, educational oppurtunities because of excessive internet use.

//Are many online predators using Facebook or Myspace?// Facebook and Myspace are widely used by many students and are very useful to meet new people, but it seems that potential online predators are also searching these sites. The sites may be making it easier for these predators to access your personal information. Many people believe that potential sex offenders are using the information posted on these social networking sites to stalk and abduct their victims, and that the predators are posing as other teenagers. Studies have been conducted on this, and it seems that in only five percent of the crimes committed the online predator has posed as a teen. In most cases, the predator uses some way of communication, such as Myspace, Facebook, instant messaging, or chat rooms, to create an intimate relationship with the victim. Also in most cases, the victim feels as though it is a romance, not feeling stalked or being abducted.

This should be a consensus of your group -- in other words, everyone should contribute here. It's ok to disagree -- just back up your points.

By using Facebook and Myspace, many teens are exposed to online predators posing as teens their age. Some do not know, but children who are not careful enough can be the victim of a predator. ** How do online predators work? **    Predators can contact kids through instant messaging, chat rooms, or e-mails. They try to seduce targets by affection, time, money, and effort. They know about hobbies, and the music that interests teens. After starting conversations, they gradually engage in sexually explicit conversations. Also, they might evaluate the kids they meet online for future face-to-face contact. ** Which young people are at risk? ** Young adolescents that are exploring sexuality, looking for new relationships or moving away from parental control are most vulnerable. Most kids feel that they know about all dangers with sexual predators, but are naïve about online relationships. The Most Vulnerable young people tend to be: -Rebellious -Lonely -Curious -Seeking affection or attention -New to online activity -Confused