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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/2179 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/2179 http://eprints.org/relation/isIndexCodesVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/2179 archive 4031 disk0/00/00/08/87 2010-07-26 14:05:16 2019-01-23 09:53:04 2011-07-19 16:25:03 thesis show 0 Choi Young Soo choiys070@seoul.go.kr Ross Liz Matthews Bob 1953- University of Birmingham unpub HN RA0421 HV 30sch_ssci The names of the students are not real names. The Internet has conferred many benefits, but it also has negative effects including addiction patterns termed “Internet addiction”. Many studies have been inclined to focus on discovering psychological symptoms. However, they have not usually considered young people’s relationships, which can themselves lead to Internet addiction. This study gathers the life experiences of young people with an ‘Internet addiction pattern’ in order to understand better their relationships and circumstances. South Korea was chosen as the main focus of this study. From the Foucauldian perspective, the relationships produce power in new ways, wherever they meet and whenever they talk, with knowledge through their abilities, topics or information. This knowledge may categorise peers according to status and ability to use the Internet. These factors activate a ‘power network’ in ‘their own world’. As a result, Internet addiction situation is interpreted as a loss of balance in using the Internet and the research findings demonstrate how this process is influenced by the development of a set of power relations between young people within ‘their own world’. The recommendations are included, mainly ways to participate in the young people’s concerns and to relate to their lives so as to understand the real situation and reduce the problems. 2005-07 2005-05 graduation 2423681 eng author unchecked This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. Seoul Metropolitan Government, South Korea public 346 University of Birmingham Institute of Applied Social Studies d_ph other 2005-07 graduation