As I perused the articles, I skipped over the AIM and blog ones and quickly settled on the online addiction article. I wouldn't say that I'm obsessed to the point of damaging my social interactions. I actually like using AIM to supplement my social interactions. I do believe that I spend too much time online but I think its a part of modern college culture. For instance, all three of my real classes this quarter require internet use. This class is an obvious one, but my Human Biology classes have online problem sets every week in addition to online readings, slides, and heavy e-mail contact with the CA's. The problem lies in that once I'm online doing work, I'll easily get distracted by AIM, espn.com, or any millions of things I can do from the comfort of my computer. I know for a fact that I can accomplish a million more things if I'm away from my computer, but I tend to think of the one or two things I can't do if I don't have it. E-mail is almost crucial to any extracurricular activity as well as getting help from peers and faculty. AIM is the easiest way to keep in touch with longdistance friends. Facebook.com has evolved into a national network. Its the ability of the internet to present those million options that is the problem. AIM alone can distract me for an hour when I should be working, but I still can't bring myself to sign off when I'm doing work. I'd call that an addiction I guess. But the fact of the matter is that at least at Stanford, no student can go a day without internet use. It has simply become to ingrained in our everyday lives.
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