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Van Shi Lu The Problem of Internet Addiction in China: Psychology, Culture and Politics

Abstract: The article analyzes typical problems of Internet addiction in China. The author cites data about the popularity of this phenomenon and describes the position of the Chinese government regarding this matter. The author also shows the links between Internet addiction and the system of education, dominating tendency towards collectivism and family relations typical for China. The author also describes the development of methods and criteria for defining Internet addiction as well as therapy of Internet addiction. It is underlined that the Internet addiction is mostly based on the conflict between Chinese tradition of collectivism and Western individualism. Conflict is viewed as a part of the ongoing process of modernization that is characterized by fast changes in psyche and behavior of Chinese people. In many ways close socio-cultural factors influence the formation of Internet addiction in South Korea and Taiwan. Therefore, Internet issues are quite common for a number of East Asian countries.

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psychology, Internet addiction, China, information technologies, Internet, modernization, therapy, family relations, collectivism, CIAS scale.

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