| Mobile addiction | Internet addiction |
| (i) Nature: It refers to obsession to mobile phone for various reasons ,and a desire to constantly upgrade one’s mobile phone. | (i) Nature: It refers to a compelling need on the part of an individual to have to continuously access to specific internet sites for personal needs orobsessions. |
| (ii) Impact: Mobile addiction may cause injuries and deaths due to careless behaviours like speaking on the phone while driving, dangerously posing for selfies, anxiety caused by loss of one’s phone and contacts | (ii) Impact: Internet addiction increases stress or anxiety in the individual. It affects one’s physical health, interpersonal relationships, personal neglect and access to inaccurate, prejudiced, and exploitative data. |
| (iii) Nature of problem: Mobile addiction is a problem as it leads to the need to almost constantly be on call, taking selfies or photos, the need to post all images of oneself, forwarding messages etc. | (iii) Nature of problem: Internet addiction is a problem because one constantly needs to access sites for gaming, adult sites, social media, entertainment and stimulation. |
| (iv) Solution: Selfassessment and social involvement in hobby, sports, games can help overcome mobile addiction. | (iv) Solution: Laws to prevent cyber bullying, counselling, group activity can help overcome the problem of internet addiction. |
| (v) Effects: Smart phone addiction is often fueled by an overuse of internet. | (v) Effects: Internet addiction results to mobile addiction as it give access to Connectivity, social media networking, gaming, web world etc. |
