Wikipedia use: Risk for developing technology addiction

The present case highlights the addictive potential of Wikipedia usage. The users approached a technology addiction clinic for the management of excessive use of technology. A clinical interview was used to elicit information about usages. It indicates the addictive use of Wikipedia and associated d...

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Autor principal: Sharma, Manoj Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5248408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163416
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.196054
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spelling pubmed-52484082017-02-03 Wikipedia use: Risk for developing technology addiction Sharma, Manoj Kumar Ind Psychiatry J Case Report The present case highlights the addictive potential of Wikipedia usage. The users approached a technology addiction clinic for the management of excessive use of technology. A clinical interview was used to elicit information about usages. It indicates the addictive use of Wikipedia and associated dysfunction in lifestyle. It has implication for promotion of healthy use of technology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5248408/ /pubmed/28163416 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.196054 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5248408/
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