Study: College students ‘addicted’ to social media

Anyone else remember when co-eds were hooked on binge drinking and casual sex? Ah, the good old days. “Students describe their feelings when they have to abstain from using media in literally the same terms associated with drug and alcohol addictions: in withdrawal, frantically craving, very anxious, extremely antsy, miserable, jittery, and crazy,” reported LiveScience , which cited the results of a new study.

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