Web Junkie

Web Junkie  - Movie (2014)

Original title

Web Junkie

Released

1/20/2014

Origin country

US, IL, CN

Genre

Documentary

Production companies

Warrior Poets, Impact Partners, New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, kNow Productions, Chicken & Egg Films, Medalia Productions, Tribeca Film Institute

Budget

Revenue

Runtime

1hr 19min

Description

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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