According to a new study, college students are addicted to cell phones, social media and the Internet and even experience the same withdrawal symptoms as substance abuse addicts do.
The study, titled “24 Hours: Unplugged” is based on the experiences of 200 students at the University of Maryland at College Park who were asked to give up all social media for 24 hours, including text messaging, e-mail, iPhones, Twitter and Facebook. The research was conducted by the university’s International Center for Media & the Public Agenda in late February and early March.
“We were surprised by how many students admitted that they were ‘incredibly addicted’ to media,” said Susan D. Moeller, a journalism professor and director of the center, who was quoted by the New York Daily News. “But we noticed that what they wrote at length about was how they hated losing their personal connections. Going without media meant, in their world, going without their friends and family.” Continue reading ‘College Students Addicted To Social Media’
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