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Experiment Cuts Off Online Junkies from Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sometimes-it-still-feels-like-it's-there dept.

Ant (an Internet junkie) writes "An article from The Register reports one begins gibbering uncontrollably because he/she can't get a fix without internet access after two weeks. That, at least, is according to an 'Internet Deprivation Study' carried out by Yahoo! and advertising outfit OMD. Participants in the human experiment were deprived of the web for 14 days, and found themselves quickly succumbing to 'withdrawal and feelings of loss, frustration and disconnectedness.' The reason for the rapid collapse of their universe is - say the researchers - because 'internet users feel confident, secure and empowered.'"

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  1. Baudrillard strikes again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Baudrillard was predicting this in 1981 in Fatal Strategies at least, and problably before that no doubt. "Must we put information on a diet?" (13, Semiotext(e))

    1. Re:Baudrillard strikes again. by myowntrueself · · Score: 2, Informative

      That guy was ahead of his time.

      Like his 'It is no longer necessary to be able to produce an opinion, only to reproduce public opinion' (from Simulations).

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      In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
  2. gibbering uncontrollably? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    what a headline, however the words "gibbering uncontrollably" were used to describe a smack-head, not the individuals who were deprived of the internet....

  3. Are you addicted? Take the test... by jangobongo · · Score: 1, Informative

    Internet Addiction Test

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    Sig cancelled due to lack of interest