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Students in the University of Maryland research were asked to give up all media for a day .For the research, titled "24 Hours: Unplugged," 200 students at the University of Maryland's College Park Campus blogged about their experiences after a day of giving up all social media. The project director Susan Moeller noticed that what they wrote at length about was how they hated losing their personal connections. Going without media meant, in their world, going without their friends and family." The students missed not much of the media but the social connections that it facilitates. Social media seems inevitable in this 21 century

Ezy, this is a great example and shows how connected we are with the social media. I wonder if they have some demographic information in the research. How do their responses change based on age, gender etc.

I can relate to that article. I sat in my camper last nite and didn't feel very good. Maybe that was related to the fact that my cell phone was my only means of communicating with others? :-) I realize things are changing, but its crazy to me how accessible people are these days. I find at work that there is a tipping work on the other extreme where being contacted too much has a negative effect.