Title:	BEYOND INTERNET ADDICTION A NEW FRAMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND RISKS AND BENEFITS OF BEING ONLINE
Author(s):	Elvis Mazzoni, Lucia Baiocco, Martina Benvenuti, Davide Cannata, Elisa Fossi and Luca Zanassi
ISBN:	978-989-8704-11-5
Editors:	Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías, Claire Gauzente, Miguel Baptista Nunes, Guo Chao Peng and Mário Macedo
Year:	2014
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Internet, Online Life; Offline Life; Functional Organs; Inverse Instrumentality.
Type:	Poster/Demonstration
First Page:	405
Last Page:	407
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	This paper introduces a research whose purpose is to investigate the relationships between online and offline lives. Starting by the concept of functional organ (Leont'ev, 1972) and inverse instrumentality (Ekbia & Nardi, 2012), the goal of this study is trying to define a model able to predict why some people have their life empowered by the web and while others get trapped in the problematic use. The model, designed after a deep analysis of existing literature, takes into account online behaviors, self-control traits, life satisfaction and online and offline social activity; in order to understand when intense use of the internet can become empowering or problematic.
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