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What would you do with your time if you didn’t have the Internet to surf, an iPod to listen to, a TV to watch or a phone to let ya do ‘em all while on the go? You might have no problem saying buh-bye to modern media. But as a recent study shows, media and the technology that delivers it might already have you hooked.

 

A research study conducted by the University of Maryland charted the reactions of 1,000 students around the globe after they were asked to abstain from all forms of media for a day, Ars Technica reports.

 

The students reported signs of withdrawal from an addiction: distress, isolation, confusion and boredom. Kids from China and the U.S. presented the highest percentages of withdrawal. One girl from the U.S. said she was “itching like a crackhead.”

 

Physicians and psychologists remain skeptical, but the findings of the study are indisputable. The feelings and behaviors the students in the study exhibited mirror those of drug addicts. Many students said that didn’t just crave the information and the entertainment, but they actually desired the devices themselves.

 

Treatment centers for Internet addiction are cropping up around the nation, and they’re charging big bucks for their rehab programs. One in Washington State offers a 45-day program for $14,500.

 

What do you think babes? Are you addicted?

BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 4/11/2011 3:18:00 PM

POSTED IN addiction, bad habit, In the News, social media

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i have the same phone in the picture! haha Smile

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by bublz714 on 4/11/2011 5:06:23 PM

 
 

im not sure!! i mean, i can spend hours reading and i only go on the computer for a couple minutes a day, but im addicted to the tv.

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by karategirl78 on 4/11/2011 5:04:26 PM

 
 

I could do it. Id just read. I defiantly could do it for a day.

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by wednesday1408 on 4/11/2011 5:03:01 PM

 
 

I LOVE my Ipod and laptop but I'm not addicted. during the summer I usually spend weeks off of the internet just because I either off to places that don't have it or I'm busy. Smile I usually don't even miss it.

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by caitlovesoreo96 on 4/11/2011 4:58:33 PM

 
 

I mean I guess I sort of am. With my iPod, it's not necessarily the ipod itself, it's the music so that's different. I used to be addicted to my email (when i had one). I got my computer taken away a a couple days ago and I was sooooo bored!! so yeah i guess i am. Smile

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by Maeve01 on 4/11/2011 4:47:01 PM

 
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