Dr. David Greenfield and CITA staff are often in the news discussing Internet and technology addiction. Browse through these articles to read CITA’s latest interviews and features and stay tuned in to the cutting-edge of research.
Check back to this area periodically, as we will continue to add new technology and Internet addiction article links as they become available.
- PS4 Release Stirs Concern Over Gaming Addiction
- Digital Dating: The Malt Shop at the Millenium
- Suggestions to Help you Manage Internet Use: Ten Steps to Reclaim Real-Time Living
- Cybersex: Crossing the Line On-line
- The Net Effect: Internet Addiction and Compulsive Internet Use
- The Nature of Internet Addiction: Psychological Factors in Compulsive Internet Use (PDF)
- Lost in Cyberspace: The Web @ Work (PDF)
- Computer Widows and Widowers: How to Rescue Your Marriage from Virtual Destruction
- Coping with Stress
- Cyberflirting: How Harmful is it? (PDF)
- Marital Tune-Up and Guidelines for Enhancing Intimacy
- Assessing Your Online Flirtation (PDF)
- What You Can Do: Personal Guidelines for Love Online (PDF)
- Thirteen Warning Signs of Internet Addiction in Your Spouse, Friend or Loved One (PDF)
- Clinical Treatment of Internet and Digitally-enabled Compulsive Behavior (PDF)
- Lost in Cyberspace: The Web @ Work
- Huffington Post Blogs
Self-Help Tests
- Internet Abuse Test
- CyberSexual Abuse Test (PDF)
Links to Published Articles By Dr. David Greenfield Ph.D.
Lost in Cyberspace – The Web at Work
Most U.S. businesses provide Internet access for their employees. The current study surveyed representatives from 224 organizations on issues related to Internet abuse. Nearly 70% of companies surveyed had more than half of their employees online. Almost all companies had Internet access policies (IAP) in place (82.6%), outlining appropriate and inappropriate use of the Internet in the workplace. Despite IAPs, U.S. businesses are facing a severe problem. More than 60% of companies had disciplined-and more than 30% had terminated–employees for inappropriate use of the Internet. Accessing pornography, online chatting, gaming, investing, or shopping at work were the leading causes for disciplinary action or termination. Many companies were not concerned about the severity of the problem (49.6%) and/or had done very little to enforce their IAPs (59.4% use self or managerial oversight, and only 37.5% use filtering software).