Morris Jones

About the author: Morris Jones is the assistant editor of the Australian monthly magazine Internet Australasia.

Many computer users who access Internet chat networks, cyberspace "rooms," newsgroups, the World Wide Web, and other applications could discover that time spent on the Internet is adversely affecting their lives. Researchers warn against inordinate Internet use that reduces social or work activities. Although psychologists and other observers disagree whether compulsive Internet use is a true addiction, they acknowledge that Internet bingeing is similar to other disorders.

They say you can never have too much of a good thing, and most readers would consider the Internet to be one of the best things to appear in recent times. It informs you, it entertains you, and it keeps you in touch. Could this ever be...