Web Junkie: Disease or Social Phenomenon?

Name: Web Junkie: Disease or Social Phenomenon?
Uploaded: 2015-07-09T15:36:20Z
Duration: P50S
Description: The clip begins with one of the boys at the treatment center, Nicky, saying, “Most of us don't think we have Internet addiction. It's not a real disease. It's a social phenomenon.” It ends when Nicky says he was just getting good at the game when he “had to come to this camp.”

Clip: Season 28 Episode 4 | 50s

The clip begins with one of the boys at the treatment center, Nicky, saying, “Most of us don't think we have Internet addiction. It's not a real disease. It's a social phenomenon.” It ends when Nicky says he was just getting good at the game when he “had to come to this camp.”

Aired: 07/12/15

Rating: NR

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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.

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