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Addiction is a serious issue – and now some are saying that today’s college student is dependant on social media. A recent study by the ICMPA found that “most college students are not just unwilling, but functionally unable to be without their media links to the world.” The exercise asked 200 college students to go without social media – no texting, no Facebook, no TV, no Internet, etc. – for just 24 hours. The blog A Day Without Media shows the full results, including direct feedback from the students who experiences symptoms an addict would feel after quitting cold turkey. They felt jittery, depressed and anxious.
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