Internet Addiction in Teenagers of India: Analysis using Fishbone Methodology

In recent days the problem of Internet Addiction has become more critical with teenagers. Literature survey shows that teenagers are spending hours and hours on internet. Their purpose may be either study, entertainment, social media or site surfing. Rigorous use of internet badly affects their overall performance. This paper focuses on finding out root causes of IA problem in teenagers using fishbone methodology. For this a group of 459 teenagers of variable age group, discipline, locality and community had been selected. Survey was completed by conducting two tests consisting of 20 questionnaires for teenagers. Each test hardly requires 10-15 minutes. Based on the analysis of test results, major factors responsible for addiction have been identified which help in construction of Fishbone diagram. Major root causes responsible for increasing IA problem are easy availability and affordability of electronic gadgets necessary for internet use, attractive sites and apps and environmental elements like friends, society, relatives etc. The impact of addiction on teenagers life has also been addressed.