介绍： Unplugging Your Life
Living without the Media
Are you a media addict who would go mad after two hours without TV, friend requests, exciting online games and your mobile— or would you easily survive?
Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged...

介绍： Unplugging Your Life
Living without the Media
Are you a media addict who would go mad after two hours without TV, friend requests, exciting online games and your mobile— or would you easily survive?
Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.
Unplugged is being run by Dr Roman Gerodimos, a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University. The experiment is now over but he doesn't yet know the full findings.
However, during the experiment, Dr Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers. He said: "They're reporting withdrawal symptoms, overeating, feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected."
During their 24-hour ordeal, three of the experiment's guinea pigs had to endure one intrusion from the media: a BBC reporter plus cameraman who followed them around for the day. They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline, but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops.
Elliot Day wrote: "Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air. Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers."