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Correlation between Internet Addiction and Stress of Information - Technology Centric Society and Suggestions to Cope with them in terms of Christian Counselling Perspectives

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2007, 8(), pp.9-30
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2007.8..9
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : March 30, 2007
  • Accepted : May 10, 2007

Kang, Kyung Mi 1

1그리스도대학교

ABSTRACT

The development of telecommunication technology and internet in 20th century has accelerated the advent of a new era that is dominated by information and technology. Especially, Korea has ranked as one of the world’s IT countries because more than 10 million people, about 72% of the population, can have access to high-speed internet. Internet-centric communities have brought changes into our lives. Some people feel very stressful because they could not get accustomed to these changes, but others are addicted to the internet. Some typical examples of the internet addiction are game addition, chatting addiction, internet gambling addition, and online pornography. These additions have caused physical mal-functions and distorted human relationship with family members, friends, and acquaintances. They can not lead an ordinary lives. They cannot control imaginary desires or impulses. What is worse, the internet serves as a means of cyber crimes, such as suicide, fraud, and stalking. Even Christian families are suffering from the internet addictions, which finally result in faith crisis, family conflict, and family breakdown. Church workers and try to find how to cope with them, but finding appropriate solutions is not easy. Thus, this paper purported to understand these social ills in terms of Christian views and to offer some suggestions that come from Christian counselling perspectives.

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