ISEDJ

Information Systems Education Journal

Volume 13

V13 N5 Pages 100-105

September 2015

Internet Addiction Risk in the Academic Environment

William Ellis
University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME USA

Brenda McAleer
University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME USA

Joseph Szakas
University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME USA


Abstract: The Internet’s effect on society is growing exponentially. One only has to look at the growth of e-commerce, social media, wireless data access, and mobile devices to see how communication is changing. The need and desire for the Internet, especially in such disciplines as Computer Science or Computer Information Systems, pose a unique risk for dependencies to arise. These dependencies are identified under the broad terms of Internet Addiction and/or Internet Abuse.

Keywords: Internet Abuse, Internet Addiction, online education, risk factors

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Recommended Citation: Ellis, W., McAleer, B., Szakas, J. (2015). Internet Addiction Risk in the Academic Environment. Information Systems Education Journal, 13(5) pp 100-105. http://isedj.org/2015-13/ ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2014)