I have decided to do my research topic on Internet addiction. I have added two more RSS feeds to the three I had originally signed up for. I am hoping for some up-to-date information on this topic. The Web 2.0 epidemic we are in has only been around and truly utilized by a significant portion of society for about a decade and it is more of what I call a feeder instead of a taker. What I mean is that technology keeps giving updates and new tools to keep us engaged. I rarely see anything in regards to containing or taking away our need or use of technology. What I am seeing in my research is articles referring to taking away social media as a means of discipline. It is referred to as E-grounding. Parents are taking away cell phones and Facebook as a way to discipline there children. I did see that from my RSS feed delivered from NPR. Fifty years from now things may be different. Web 2.0 is still relatively new. Eventually, we will live the life of George Jetson. Push a button and "bam" what I want will be right there in front of me. I'm not sure there are many advocates out there waiting to take these tools away from us. Just like in one of the articles we read, "Is google making us stupid" we leave crumbs around. The media loves that. That enables them to keep us engaged by learning what we like which makes and keeps us more in tune and online. My main goal for my research paper is to investigate what theory and measurement is out there to determine whether someone has an addiction to the Internet. In addition to that, I would like to see what means there are for a cure. Most recently I was reading some article that Carol had given me a lead on about how China has a bootcamp for those who have an "addiction to the Internet". It's pretty brutal. It is so brutal that some of the young men have escaped.