1. Survey of using the Internet
Up to the end of 2002, according to the survey ‘the quantity of the Internet users in Taiwan’ done by ECRC-FIND which was entrusted by Ministry of Economic, the population of using the Internet reached 8.59 millions, which is 38% of whole population. Besides, the broadband users raised almost 1 millions, reached 2.1 millions, and broadband (xDSL, Cable Modem, etc.) have already been the main stream for using the Internet. It was also popular for common people to install network facilities in private computer: the average ratio of family linked the Internet reached 53%. In Taipei, 67% family had computers linked the Internet.
It was observed that because of the progress and usefulness of internet technology, the population of using the Internet and the ratio of family linked the Internet was substantially raising (See Figure 1 and Figure 2). As to the behaviors for using the Internet, mostly were: browse website, get/send e-mails, read news, upload/download files, on-line games, BBS, chat rooms, and so on (see Table 1). The Internet changed the life style of people, and many began to have “internet addiction” symptom, which could appeared in each age group. Especially for the teenager, they are in critical moment of developing their body and mind, the problems of internet addiction worth all parents, teachers, and sociologists taking notice of it.

关于使用互联网的调查
受经济部委托，根据ECRC-FIND公司所做的一项关于“台湾互联网使用人数”的调查，截止至2002年底，使用互联网的人数已达到859万，占到了人口总数的38%.此外，宽带使用人数几乎增涨了100万，达到了210万人。而且，宽带（DSL, 调制解调器等）已经成为上网方式的主流。普通人群在个人电脑上安装互联网设备也已经变得极为普遍：家庭的平均上网率已达到53%，在台北，有67%的家庭的电脑已联接到互联网。
我们发现，由于互联网技术的发展及其有用性，互联网使用人数及家庭上网比率正在不断增涨（请看图1及图2）。上网行为主要表现在：浏览网页，收/发电子邮件，阅读新闻，上传/下载文件，在线游戏，电子布告栏，聊天室等等（请看表1）。互联网已经改变了人们的生活方式，许多人已经表现出“网瘾”的征兆，这有可能发生在任何年龄的人群，尤其是青少年，他们正处于身体和大脑发育的关键阶段，网瘾的问题应引起所有父母，教师和社会学家的关注了。