“South Korea: The Most Wired Place on Earth”



Name:_____________ Student #: ____________ IE – Fall 2019 – Week 12

A Social Problem - Part 1 of 3

Review - Social Problem – A General Outline

What is the problem, and it's various causes?

What are the solutions to this problem?

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What is your opinion? What do you think are the cause(s) and solution(s) to this problem?

A Social Problem → “Korea's Internet Addicts”

Part 1a – Listening & Comprehension – Smartphone / Computer Addiction (South Korea)

Watch the video linked to the class blog. Answer the questions in complete sentences below.,

How do some of the young men describe their relationship to gaming and the internet?

According to the journalist, how many Korean teenagers are addicted to the internet?

What are some of the recent incidents people believe were caused by the internet and gaming addiction?

What is the treatment at the Internet Dream Village (The National Center for Youth Internet Addiction) ? What is digital detox?

In contrast, what is the focus of Dr. Lee Jae-won's treatment at the Easy Brain Clinic?

What do treatment do patients receive there?

A Social Problem → “China's Web Junkies”

Part 1b - Listening & Comprehension - Smartphone / Computer Addiction (China)

Watch the video linked to this page. Answer the questions in complete sentences below.

1. How would you describe life at the Internet Addiction Treatment Center?

2. What is their treatment?

3. What symptoms do the patients show?

4. According to Tao Ran, Addiction Specialist, what is Internet Addiction?

A Social Problem → “Inside America's First Video Game Rehab”

Part 1C - Listening & Comprehension - Smartphone / Computer Addiction (the United States)

Watch the video linked to this page. Answer the questions in complete sentences below.

What treatments do patients at Restart receive?

What are the effects of long term gaming?

Who are the patients at Restart?

Review Activity - Social Problem – A Paragraph

Paragraph Outline

Complete the following paragraph with information you learned from the videos, any additional research you can do online, and by expressing your opinion on the topic.

Internet Addiction

A social problem which interests me is smartphone, internet, and gaming addiction. (1) According to …(see below)... , internet addiction is... (2) As we have seen in the three documentaries in class, there are several different solutions. In South Korea, for example, there are two programs which offer different treatments to those suffer from addiction. At the Internet Dream Village, or the National Center for Youth Internet Addiction, ….. In contrast, at the Easy Brain clinic in Seoul, …. Furthermore, in China, at the Internet Addiction Treatment Center, …. Finally, in the United States, patients at Restart outside of Seattle, ...(3) In my opinion, ….

(1) Definition- What is internet addiction?

After googling the question, here are two links with useful definitions!

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“Smartphone addiction is considered to be rooted in Internet addiction due to the similarity of the symptoms and negative effects on users. Internet addiction is defined as an impulse control disorder, characterized by pathological Internet use (Goldberg, 1996; Young, 1998). Smartphone addiction could be categorized as a behavioral addiction, such as Internet addiction. Behavioral and chemical addictions have seven core symptoms in common, that is, salience, tolerance, mood modification, conflict, withdrawal, problems, and relapse (Grant et al., 2010; Griffiths, 2005)....”

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