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Youth and Internet Addiction in China
Contributor(s): Bax, Trent (Author)
ISBN: 0415656915     ISBN-13: 9780415656917
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $123.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: August 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
- Computers | Internet - General
- Social Science | Regional Studies
Dewey: 004.678
LCCN: 2013004276
Series: Routledge Culture, Society, Business in East Asia
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.23 lbs) 240 pages
 
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A form of 'electronic opium' is how some people have characterised young people's internet use in China. The problem of 'internet addiction' (wangyin) is seen by some parents as so severe that they have sought psychiatric help for their children. This book, which is based on extensive original research, including discussions with psychiatrists, parents and 'internet-addicted' young people, explores the conflicting attitudes which this issue reveals. It contrasts the views of young people who see internet use, especially gaming, as a welcome escape from the dehumanising pressures of contemporary Chinese life, with the approach of those such as their parents, who medicalise internet overuse and insist that working hard for good school grades is the correct way to progress. The author shows that these contrasting attitudes lead to battles which are often fierce and violent, and argues that the greater problem may in fact lie with parents and other authority figures, who misguidedly apply high pressure to enforce young people to conform to the empty values of a modern, dehumanised consumer-oriented society.