---
title: "Internet addiction"
description: "Is there such a thing as \"internet addiction\"? A new survey of internet users suggests that a portion of them experience behavioral problems connected to their internet use. Lee Rainie is among the panelists on the program who discuss the findings..."
date: "2006-10-24"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2006/10/24/internet-addiction/"
categories:
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Medicine & Health"
  - "Mobile"
  - "Platforms & Services"
tags:
  - "Future of the Internet"
  - "New Media Ecology"
  - "Technology User Types"
---

# Internet addiction

Is there such a thing as "internet addiction"? A new survey of internet users suggests that a portion of them experience behavioral problems connected to their internet use. Lee Rainie is among the panelists on the program who discuss the findings. The show can be accessed at [ http://www.wamu.org/programs/kn/06/10/24.php](http://www.wamu.org/programs/kn/06/10/24.php).