The article I read this week is about how teenagers are addicted to the computer. When people say technology they automatically think about the computer. This article states that technology is not that great. People do not know how to discipline themselves when they use it. People spend many hours of the day playing computer games and using social networking sites, such as www.facebook.com , www.twitter.com, and www.myspace.com. These sites are used to stay connected with friends, but some depend on these three websites way too much. Dr. Richard Graham is trying to find a treatment for this disease called addiction. His program is 28 days and there are three stages for the program. The article states, “It begins with psychotherapy designed to address the patient’s issues with face-to-face relationships. The next stage is to unpick their relationship with technology and encourage them to switch it off, and finally they are encouraged to take part in both physical exercise and activities with family and friends.”
I think what Dr. Richard Graham is doing is great. Many teenagers today are so affected by social networking sites. They spend hours a day sitting in a chair looking at a computer when they could be getting exercise or hanging out with friends face-to-face. I believe that this program will affect people in many ways. It will help people cope with their addiction to the computer and it will help them meet more people in person. It will expand their horizons in different ways outside of the computer. I hope that the Internet does not go any further with social networking sites because then more people will get sucked into it. I believe it is best to meet people in person and keep a relationship outside of the computer screen. I hope Dr. Richard Graham’s program works very affectively.
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