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A Day Without Media – Research by ICMPA and students at Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

24 Hours: Unplugged – What is is like to go without media? What if you had to give up your cell phone, iPod, television, car radio, magazines, newspapers and computer (i.e. no texting, no Facebook or IM-ing)? Could you do it? Is it even possible? Well, not really, if you are an American college student today. According to a new ICMPA [International Center for Media and the Public Agenda] study, most college students are not just unwilling, but functionally unable to be without their media links to the world.” [See Table of Contents on right side of page to navigate the study]

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