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I choose this image (the image is below the MS) that relates to the ideas of an internet addiction in the texts “the Viral Virus” by Lauren Duca, “Addicted to Addiction” by Christopher lane, “Issues for DSM-5: Internet Addiction” by jerald G. Block and “The evolution of internet addiction” by Griffiths et al. These texts show how internet has negative impact on people. As we can see a person in the photo who is addictive to internet and  has no interest in his work. He is just thinking of the games and social apps rather than paying attention to his work. People like him don’t understand the negative effects of the internet that could have on them. I believe it’s always better to learn new things rather than just wasting time on technology.
While reading these texts I had an idea about a song that relates to this topic . It is about the addiction-  drug addiction. The song is “Save Me” by Shinedown which express the pain of being consumed by addiction. In this song, The person describes his loneliness of losing everything to drugs, specifically pills.

Reading from the text “The Evolution of Internet Addiction”, the text really reminds me when I heard the song “Instagram” by Dean. On how most people are always trying to make their lives as great as it can be in a fairy tale, or like a show where it shows a perspective term where a happy couple can having such a happy life together. But being too addictive on the media can be a curse at the same time due constantly worrying about how others would react and constantly trying to impress people that you would know.

1. I chose this picture because it relates to the ideas of internet addiction in the texts “The Viral Virus” by Lauren Duca, “Addicted to Addiction” by Christopher Lane, “Issues for DSM-5: Internet Addiction” by Jerald G. Block and “The Evolution of Internet Addiction” by Griffiths et al. These texts discuss how the internet can have a negative impact on a person if they spend an excessive amount of time on it. This picture illustrates a child so addicted to the internet that he starts crying when his parent tries to take away his Ipad. Early age addiction to technology can lead to social issues while growing up because kids invest so much time into electronics so they wouldn’t know how to socialize and make conversation. For this reason (when I have my own kids in the future), I refuse to give them technology until they are older and I feel they are responsible enough and ready for it. I am also guilty of spending too much time on my phone sometimes but I taught myself how to take breaks by realizing life is too short to spend hours on my phone and I rather invest time into my family and friends. People need to understand the negative effects that the internet could have on a person.
2. Even though these texts are related to being addicted to the internet, a song about drug addiction came to my mind. “Lemonade” by Internet Money, Gunna and Don Toliver resonate with the ideas with these texts being that both have to do with addiction. In the song it says “off the juice, codeine got me trippin” and “Adderall, fentanyl, xanax bars, aye, I was fifteen, I sip codeine with my dawg, yeah”. Both of these addictions are social issues that I could possibly write about for Essay 2.

In all the text the main issue is addiction. The text that stood out to me the most is “issues for DSM-V”, the text is mainly about internet addiction. The text states that many people have a disorder called compulsive-impulsive, this disorder involves excessive usage, withdrawal, tolerance, negative repercussions. I believe the most common is excessive usage, many individuals have trouble staying of their phone, or the internet including myself. I feel because of the generation we live in today everything is surrounded by the internet and technology, which causes many to have this disorder.

1. This picture relates to the topic of internet addictions that were discussed in Christopher Lane “Addicted to Addiction”, Jerald G. Block “Issues for DSM-5: Internet Addiction” and Griffiths et al.“The Evolution of Internet Addiction.” These texts all talk about the negative effect of internet addictions and how the majority of us are addicted to our phones. I chose this picture because it truly shows how being addicted to your phone can affect your social life. In the picture you can see that they’re on a date and instead of him paying attention to the girl, he’s on his phone. The girl is seen being upset or bored because he’s not chatting with her and is just obsessed with his phone. This can affect him negatively because she won’t want to go on a date with him anymore and he’s not going to have a social life if he continues doing this. Internet addiction is a huge problem nowadays because we use our phones everyday. Learning how to take time off and be social with the people around you, can benefit you way more than being on your phone all the time.
2. While reading these texts I had an idea about writing about social media and the negative influence it has on us, especially young people who believe everything they see on the internet. A song that relates to this topic is Damon Albarn “Everyday Robots.” This song also fits in with what the texts are talking about which is internet addiction. In the song, it says that we’re basically like robots because we’re constantly on the internet and not doing anything else with our life’s. The internet has taken control of our lives.

This picture connects to “Triptych: Texas Pool Party” because the characters in the text faced racism. In the first part of the text, the white ladies were being racist and hating on the people at the pool party because of their color since they were black. The second and third part of the story is based on police brutality which also connects to racism. The cop was being violent towards the black girl and her friends even though they did nothing wrong.  Cops think they have power, so they get to do whatever they want. What they don’t realize is people’s lives are in their hands. Because of one mistake, an innocent person’s life could be gone. At the end of the day, we are all humans and all equal. It’s 2020, racism shouldn’t even exist.