Internet Rehab

The world might soon need more South Korea-style internet rehab centres, going by the findings of a new study titled ‘Unplugged’.

The world might soon need more South Korea-style internet rehab centres, going by the findings of a new study titled ‘Unplugged’. Students in 10 universities around the world were asked to go without any media for 24 hours. No surprise, the experience left many of the 200 students who participated in the study feeling far from pleased. Many spoke of the experience in the same way a drug or alcohol addict would describe going without the substance. Wrote one student ‘I felt like a person on a desert island…I noticed physically, that I began to fidget, as if I was addicted to my iPod and other media devices…’ Perhaps it is time to recognise the prevalence of what is being described as an ‘Information Deprivation Disorder’. The study was conducted by the University of Maryland’s International Centre for Media and Public Agenda in collaboration with the Salzburg Academy.

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