Social isolation of computer users

The Surgeon General of the USA has been called upon to prepare a comprehensive report on the physical, emotional, and other developmental hazards that computers pose to children. This follows warnings of social isolation, obesity, eyestrain, and repetitive stress injuries.

1. They sit in front of their glaring screens, playing video games, sipping on sugar and water and eating junk food. Is it any wonder that this generation of children is the most sedentary in U.S. history?

1. Home-bound leisure activities
2. Computer stress

1. Sedentary city lifestyles
2. Health hazards of computer monitor screens
3. Downgrading of jobs due to computerization

1. Work addiction
2. Dependence on information technology
3. Computer obsession

1. Socially disruptive effects of video games
2. Labour displacement
3. Information warfare

1. Using the Internet

1. Work
2. Unsociable
3. Recreation
4. Overwork
5. Isolation