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Web Junkie

Web Junkie follows the treatment of three Chinese teenagers, obsessive gamers whose preference for the virtual world over the real one is summed up in one jarring statement: "Reality is too fake."

Web Junkie: Trailer

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Internet addiction has been declared a national health crisis in China, the first country in the world to classify this evolving diagnosis. Web Junkie follows the treatment of three Chinese teenagers, obsessive gamers whose preference for the virtual world over the real one is summed up in one jarring statement: "Reality is too fake."

Previews + Extras

  • Web Junkie: Daxing Boot Camp: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Junkie: Daxing Boot Camp

    S28 E4 - 3m 41s

    The clip begins with a shot of teens playing games at an Internet cafe. It ends with teens marching and chanting at the Daxing Boot Camp at the Beijing Military Hospital.

  • Web Junkie: Electronic Heroin: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Junkie: Electronic Heroin

    S28 E4 - 1m 35s

    The clip begins with Professor Tao – a psychiatrist, addiction specialist, and director of the Daxing Bootcamp – saying, “Internet addiction is a critical problem among Chinese teenagers.” It ends with Professor Tao saying, “That's why we call it ‘electronic heroin.’”

  • Web Junkie: Loneliness: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Junkie: Loneliness

    S28 E4 - 3m 33s

    The clip begins with Nicky saying, “When I feel lonely...” It ends with Professor Tao saying that Internet addiction can “evolve from a medical disorder into mental illness.”

  • Web Junkie: The Mothers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Junkie: The Mothers

    S28 E4 - 1m 24s

    The clip begins with a conversation among mothers of sons at the treatment center describing their sons’ problems. It ends with one mother saying, “He changed into a different person.”

  • Web Junkie: Disease or Social Phenomenon?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Junkie: Disease or Social Phenomenon?

    S28 E4 - 50s

    The clip begins with one of the boys at the treatment center, Nicky, saying, “Most of us don't think we have Internet addiction. It's not a real disease. It's a social phenomenon.” It ends when Nicky says he was just getting good at the game when he “had to come to this camp.”

  • Web Junkie: Hacker's Father: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Junkie: Hacker's Father

    S28 E4 - 1m 57s

    The clip begins with a therapist asking, “Are you Hacker's father?” It ends with Hacker’s father saying, “That was the most violent I was with him.”

  • Web Junkie: Family Therapy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Junkie: Family Therapy

    S28 E4 - 1m 21s

    The clip begins with Hope, one of the boys at the treatment center, saying “I want to talk to my dad.” It ends with Hope asking the therapist, “What is reality?”

  • Web Junkie: Parents: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Junkie: Parents

    S28 E4 - 1m 14s

    The clip begins with a group of boys talking after lights out: “Parents are brainwashed by psychiatrists.” It ends with one of the boys saying, “At least that's one thing I’m better at than others.”

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