Web Junkie

Web Junkie

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 20, 2014

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

66%

Original Title

Web Junkie

Production Companies

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

Director

Hilla Medalia

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.