I happened to catch this TV program last night on PBS' Frontline. I have attached the link if you want to view on the computer. Click on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/story/2009/03/life-on-the-digital-frontier.html.
Basically, the show was about how South Korea is the most "connected" country in the world and how it has affected kids. Although there are tremendous benefits to technology, this showed some of the downsides. For example, about 10% of students in South Korea are addicted to the Internet and games on the Internet. So much so that they now have special treatment areas within their Psychiatric Units that deal directly with this phenomenon. It has become so bad for some kids that their vision and hearing have become impaired. There was even one teen that died in one of their "Internet Cafes". The program also shows a "detox" camp for addicted kids to attend. Kids attend the rehab for about 2 weeks without any access to computers. Unfortunately, once many of the kids are released, they go back to their old addictive habits and resume their Internet addiction again. It was really interesting! I suggest checking it out.
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