Web Junkie (movie)
- User score: 6.6
- Production country: China, Israel, United States of America
- Producer: Shosh Shlam , Hilla Medalia
- Production companies: Impact Partners, New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, kNow Productions, Warrior Poets, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Tribeca Film Institute, Medalia Productions
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1/20/2014
- Run time: 79 min.
Movie 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.
