The Multiplicities of Internet Addiction: The Misrecognition of Leisure and Learning

167 Pages·2009·1.47 MB·English

by  Nicola F. Johnson

The MulTipliciTies of inTerneT AddicTion
This book is dedicated to my only sibling Scott Warwick Johnson
(7 September 1978 – 28 December 2007)
who lived his life to the fullest and was not addicted to anything.
The Multiplicities
of internet Addiction
The Misrecognition of leisure and learning
nicolA f. Johnson
University of Wollongong, Australia
© nicola f. Johnson 2009
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Johnson, nicola f.
The multiplicities of internet addiction : the
misrecognition of leisure and learning
1. internet - social aspects 2. internet addiction
i. Title
303.4'833
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Johnson, nicola f., 1976-
The multiplicities of internet addiction : the misrecognition of leisure and
learning / by nicola f. Johnson.
p. cm.
includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7546-7496-2 (alk. paper)
1. internet addiction. i. Title.
rc569.5.i54J64 2008
362.196'8584--dc22
2008035557
isBn 978 0 7546 7496 2
contents
List of Tables vii
Acknowledgements ix
introduction: Addiction: it Got Your Attention 1
1 internet Addiction: contrasting Viewpoints 9
2 When do We say ‘Too Much’?: Being cautious About ‘over-use’
and Virtual reality 27
3 Technological development and childhood play:
The changing nature of everyday leisure 39
4 Bourdieu’s Theory of practice 53
5 introducing some Teenage Technological experts: digital insiders 65
6 The Blur Between leisure, learning and expertise 77
7 internet Addiction in the lives of Teenagers 89
8 new forms of privilege 101
9 Misrecognition of the practice of leisure 113
conclusion: reframing our Gaze on internet Addiction 123
References 133
Index 153
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list of figures and Tables
Figures
1.1 continuum of dispositions 19
10.1 cycle of addiction 128
Tables
4.1 States of cultural capital (Bourdieu 1986) 61
5.1 introducing the participants 70
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Acknowledgements
i am greatly indebted to Kylie sanders who out of the goodness of her heart, read
each chapter for me and was very encouraging of my efforts.
Many thanks to Professor Chris Bigum and Professor Tara Brabazon who have
provided wonderful support during the nascent stages of my academic career.
Thank you to my supervisors Dr Leonie Rowan and Dr Julianne Lynch and my
thesis examiners who provided critical feedback on earlier versions of some of
this work.
Thanks goes to the Faculty of Education staff at the University of Wollongong
who have proved to be very supportive in various ways as I seek to establish my
career.
Thank you to Lesley Knapp for the desktop publishing of the figures within this
text.
Many thanks goes to Russell Walton for his outstanding proofreading work.
Thank you to my parents Warwick and Suzanne Johnson for their support and their
belief in me.
Thank you to my husband David Macdonald who is my counsellor, lover, best
friend and critic all in one.