http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/04/27/2010-04-27_college_students_are_addicted_to_social_media_and_even_experience_withdrawal_sym.html
Um...yeah...duh.
That's all I've really got to say about it. I'm surprised that people are surprised. It's like the news story on ABC the one time about the lady who only goes to grocery store when she runs out of food. Um, and? Psh. It's April, almost May, and I haven't been to the grocery store since November. I actually like to consume the food in my apartment before I go and purchase more. Call me weird, it's just how I work.
The fact that people can write a news story on how college kids are addicted to social media is not in the least bit surprising, or news. New news at that. The article discusses how students at University of Maryland were asked to go ONE DAY without social media.
So they could not use:
Lap-tops or PCs
Phones
Ipods or any of it's relatives
Blackberries
TV
etc, etc, etc.
Essentially these kids were dead to the world for an entire 24 hours.
They actually noted feeling jittery, anxious, nervous, alone, secluded. Hmm, I can name a couple of people like this, but I believe I can go a day without it. It'll be inconvienent, but it's possible. It's a neat social experiment, but it's another abuse of how addicting simply staying in touch with people can be. Then there is the typical people that are treating it like a heroin addiction and you need to drop social media before you die from it or something. I've noticed the most negative people on social media are the ones who won't even give it a chance. It's technology, it's here, might as well make use of it.
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