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Apr

Social Media and Surviving the Addiction Generation

Posted by Rima  Published in Blogs, Entertainment, human nature, Journalism, social networking, Technology

My recent Social Media Blackout experiment left me feeling all pathetic and alone, but it turns out that I’m not (alone, anyway). Last week, University of Maryland researchers found that college students who swore off social media and texting showed signs of withdrawal similar to what drug addicts experience after quitting cold turkey. Sound familiar? [...]

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Tags: addiction, blackout, blogging, experiment, facebook, media, moderation, networking, social, twitter

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Apr

My Social Media Blackout: Confessions of an Addict

Posted by Rima  Published in Blogs, human nature, social networking

We’re in the car on the way to work and my fingers are twitching like I’m some sort of addict. (And maybe I am.)

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Tags: addiction, black out, blackout, blogging, connecting, digg, facebook, flickr, frenemies, frienemies, generation net, generation next, grammar, internet, iphone, media, milennials, multimedia, myspace, networking, news-geek, nra, online, orkut, social, social media, social networking, twitter, web

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Rima Chaddha Mycynek is a writer, reporter, editor, photographer, videographer, former talk show host, and all-around journalism nerd. She currently teaches multimedia journalism at Boston University. [Read More]

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