Study: Giving Up social technology for 24 hours

Researchers at the University of Maryland who asked 200 students to give up all media for one full day found that after 24 hours many showed signs of withdrawal, craving and anxiety along with an inability to function well without their media and social links.

Susan Moeller, the study's project director and a journalism professor at the university, said many students wrote about how they hated losing their media connections, which some equated to going without friends and family.

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Could you give up all media related technology for 24 hours?  Try it this week. I tried this recently and while it was difficult I liked the freedom it gave me to do another things around the house.  Also it needs to be pointed out that shows similar signs to that of addiction/withdrawal is not addiction in and of itself.