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Web Junkie

Name: Web Junkie
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-01-20
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 6.6

★ 6,6 /10 (17 Votes)

2014 EN 79 min

Overview

China is the first country in the world to classify Internet addiction as a clinical disorder. Caught in the Net features a Beijing treatment center where Chinese teenagers are being "deprogrammed," and follows the story of three boys from the day they arrive at the center, to their three-month treatment period, and their long awaited return home. The film provides a microcosm of modern Chinese life and investigates one of the symptoms of the Internet age. It examines inter-generational pressures and the disregard of the human rights of minors who get caught in the net.

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