Web Junkie
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.
- Year: 2014
- Country: China, Israel, United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Impact Partners, New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, kNow Productions, Warrior Poets, Chicken & Egg Films, Tribeca Film Institute, Medalia Productions
- Keyword: boot camp, woman director, internet addiction
- Director: Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam
- Cast: