Little research has been done on the changing behaviors that accompany Internet use. With a questionnaire passed out to a 53 people, (32 males and 21 females) the amount of time spent on line compared to the lifestyles and the behaviors of the user. The results, some interpretations and implication for further research are discussed. Internet Behavior 3An Assessment of Internet Behaviors In the past few years the Internet has taken over the world, as we knew it. The Internet has opened the door to long distance communication via email and instant messaging. We can now shop pay bills, attend college, listen to music, bank and find romance while never leaving our house. However, with the good comes the bad. Families are splitting up, children are being neglected and pedophiles have found that they have easier access to young children. John Baptiste paid the ultimate price. John and Debi purchased a personal computer for their family business. Within a year Debi, a compulsive gambler, had lost $30,000 while gambling online, then out of desperation she committed suicide (Jabs 74). In Cincinnati, a mother of three found herself so engrossed with the internet that she would lock herself in her room with her computer while her children played in squalor on the other side of the door. She was charged with child endangerment. A pedophile in London, England used the Internet to entice a 13-year-old girl to his home for sex was jailed for five years. Isnt it ironic that he was arrested while on his way to meet a 14-year-old girl that he met on the Internet while posing as a 15-year-old boy (Reid).The stories are endless; marriages breakup daily as someone starts a cyber affair, or someone feels neglected as the spouse/parent loses track of time of the amount of hours spent online. The stories indicate that there is a problem. The present studys objective was to gather information on the extent and nature of Internet beh...
