Does internet addiction warrant full-fledged in-patient rehab— or are there better ways to manage your Angry Birds and email-checking obsessions? America’s first hospital-based “internet addiction” ...

Many people spend hours on the internet every week -- but some people can't pull away. For individuals with internet addiction, there's a type of short-term therapy that can be an effective treatment, ...

I’m writing this while 30,000 feet in the air on my way to a gorgeous island. And yet all I can think about is one thing: This plane does not offer wifi. Not for any good reason, either; I’m flying to ...

The invention of social media’s never-ending scroll birthed an unforeseen addiction to the internet, and now, researchers are attempting to measure screen dependency in new studies. Scientists from ...

A new study from the University of Surrey has shed light on the internet habits of individuals across different age groups. The research, which involved 796 participants, introduced a new framework ...

Addiction is a terrible thing. Drug addiction, alcohol addiction, whatever type of addiction it is...it destroys relationships, jobs, lives. Anyone who's ever loved an addict has faced the reality at ...

Social media addiction is rising in young people – but how do you tell if your child is addicted, or just using social media ...

PRELIMINARY results of the first online survey of the psychological effects of Internet use and abuse provide the first indication that there is a subset of users who may be "addicted" to the Net.

"Netflix and chill" has morphed into an apparent case of "Netflix addiction" for a man in India, where the video-streaming site has surged as areas long cut off from the internet get connected with on ...

A government study showed Monday that as of this year nearly 14 percent of South Korean schoolchildren are addicted to either smartphones or the Internet. By surveying 1.5 million students aged 11, 13 ...