Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular ...

Users are still not aware of exactly how digital technology is designed to facilitate addiction, write Raian Ali, Emily Arden-Close and John McAlaney The World Health Organisation is to include ...

Many people find themselves spending more time on their smartphone than they wish they did. However, most other afflicted people actually seem to be engaging with apps, services and various forms of ...

For most of us, it’s a reflex: a quick check here, a moment’s scroll there. Yet, that habit has morphed into something more troubling: digital-tech addiction, a dependency that mirrors classic ...

Daniel Sieberg's new book offers tips on managing technology, regaining balance. May 4, 2011— -- Overwhelmed by the endless stream of email and constant cacophony of phone calls? Are you ...

A debate over children's addiction to digital technology, and what can be done about it, is gaining support in France, while at an EU level, there are rumblings for regulation on addictive design.

With screens permeating every area of life nowadays—phones, computers, and even watches—it's so easy to forget just how much digital addiction can seep under our skin. Something that starts out as ...

People of all ages now grow up — and grow old — immersed in digital screens, generating concerns about the potential effects on the brain. On the one hand, researchers warn of “digital dementia” in ...

While most addictive substances such as alcohol can be easily quantified, digital content cannot, making it difficult to define and stymie “digital addiction” in children, according to a JAMA op-ed ...

Desperate parents are taking extreme measures to try to combat their children’s modern addictions — sending them away to a brutal camp. Jaxon Calderon admits he can spend hours at a time playing ...