curl-6 said:
Typically a disorder is characterized by a certain level of dysfunction, and a substantial quantity of study demonstrating said dysfunction. Other forms of entertainment have indeed been identified as having the potential to cause disorders; gambling for example. Social media will quite possibly join the list too. A case could certainly be made for television as well. |
I don't have a huge issue with WHO classification but it does get rather annoying and hypocritical when the media spouts stuff like this :
Computer game addiction: 'I spend 20 plus hours a week gaming' https://t.co/qumj18XZbS
— BBC News Technology (@BBCTech) June 17, 2018
Not only do they ignore other entertainment that many people spend 20+ hours a week on, but they specify computer instead of the real addictive and damaging games in the mobile and social media space.
