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Spiritual Opium: The Internet Addiction Panic and the Spiritually Ailing Nation

  • Szablewicz M
Springer International Publishing, (2020), 51-80
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36111-2_3
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This chapter analyzes the phenomenon of Internet cafés and Internet gaming as portrayed in dominant media discourse, with a focus on the moral panic about Internet addiction. The chapter begins with an analysis of Chinese media reports published between 2000 and...

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Szablewicz, M. (2020). Spiritual Opium: The Internet Addiction Panic and the Spiritually Ailing Nation. In Mapping Digital Game Culture in China (pp. 51–80). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36111-2_3

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