The internet population is now little over 740 million world wide. This number has risen 10% comparing with the year 2006. India has the biggest rise, 33%. Russia 21%, China 20%. Korea has just 8% rise. Can you guess which nation has the biggest internet population? Believe it not, it is America. A little over 150 million.
I have a question for you. How long do you surf around internet every month? Average Korean enjoy internet about 34hours every month. A little more than an hour every day. Canadians surf internet more than any people around the world. 39.6hours. Israeli and Korean were the second and the third. This statistics were shown in ‘COMSCORE NETWORK’
Enjoying internet does not have bright side all the time. It is obvious that Koreans enjoy surfing internet. But it is important to look why we use internet. Most of teenagers surf internet for games and chatting. Surfing internet long time can mean internet addiction.
I personally have seen a high school student with addiction problem. He could not even hold pencil straight. He started to use internet when he was 11. Ever since than he spent more than 3hours every day in not only surfing but in internet games and chatting. Whenever he come home from school, he sits at the desk and starts internet. He often skips meal. It is common for students to talk about internet with his friends. If this student does not follow up with internet trend, he will not be able to cope with other students. It is quite obvious that this kind students will have internet addiction in the future.
This is why limiting the usage of internet and games is important. According to Reuters, Even, ‘computer expert’ Bill Gates strictly put a limit on his kids in using PC. Only 45 minutes in weekdays and an hour during weekends. He also said it is important for kids and for parents to keep an eye on their kids when using internet. There are so many wrongful information that can hurt young people’s mind.
I use to have addiction problem myself. I have my own website, blog, minihomepage. Taking care of all these, means a lot of time. I use to spend at least 3 hours every day for these, but now I take it very slow. Not more than an hour. Of course I have spend more time in surfing at the office, but I try not to spend much time in internet at home.
The reason for this writing is to tell you that the number of hours using PC and internet is not important How long we use it is not important. How we use it important.
You know what I mean.