Internet and Smartphones addiction can alter teenage brain
Internet users are rapidly increasing and it becomes one of the most important topics for the research. As the growing phenomenon of vast browsing of the Internet; nowadays researchers are trying to identify what are the impacts of heavy Internet usage, specifically for the youths. In addition, 30 of them browsing the Internet without any specific reason, 67% of them are male and one more vital issue is that young adults act much like teens in their tendency to use sites, where 72% of them are engaged in social networking, days and nights.
Asia has the highest number of Internet users in the world, approximately 922.3 million. It has been seen as a serious public health issue in certain Asian countries. In Beijing, Shan Xiuyun, a leading judge, has said that 90% of juvenile crime in the Beijing city was Internet-related. The Governments of China, Japan and South Korea have set up boot camps, to provide therapy to deal with Internet addiction as a result of this.
Another study has found that 15% of university students in the United States and Europe know that they are somehow addicted to the Internet; yet, there are also some who doubt whether this outcry is justified. Most of the academic research on Internet using impact.
Teens use smartphones to connect with peers, seek help on school assignments, and they can even use apps to help them get organised. School students, especially the secondary level students, appear to be the population at risk in having internet addiction due to the variability in developing their cognitive control and boundary-setting skills. Researchers found that students who have severe internet addiction have poor academic performance and mental health problems. Loneliness, staying up late, tiredness, and missing morning classes are also correlated with internet-caused impairment.
Rayhan Ahmed Topader
London
