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MTV Searching for Internet Addicts for 'True Life' Reality Series

by Caleb Johnson on October 14, 2009 at 07:01 PM

Forget those boot camps for Internet addicts in China. In America, we work out our problems on television. That's why MTV is searching for Internet addicts to star in a new installment of its 'True Life' series. According to urlesque, the episode will be titled 'I Can't Disconnect.' If you've never watched the documentary series, each episode focuses on a different topic, from the absurd ("I'm a Southern Belle") to the sad ("I'm Addicted to Crystal Meth"). Camera crews follow people as they deal with the issues and problems surrounding the topic.

For this episode, MTV wants people, aged 16 to 28, who are living in "fear of missing an email, tweet or text," or who have "problems with family, friends, co-workers, boyfriend/girlfriend" due to the time they spend on the Web. While this might sound like it falls into the absurd category, scientists are beginning to take Internet addiction much more seriously. It's not just that kid barricaded in the basement, playing 'World of Warcraft' for hours on end, who's addicted.

It might be the guy sitting next to you in the office, or, as we expect 'True Life' to showcase, the muscle-bound high school jock or the fashionable gay kid. Oh MTV, how your reality TV stereotypes make us LOL. [From: urlesque and MTV]

Tags: internet, internet addiction, InternetAddiction, mtv, reality tv, RealityTv, television, web

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