Students Swap Beer For Internet
from the crazy-addiction-crazed-students dept
Here's a study on how students who first go away to college get addicted to the internet. If you replace internet with "beer" the story sounds very familiar. The internet addiction apparently hurts how well they do in their studies. They say they're "not in complete control" of their internet usage. There's even a quote from a psychologist that sounds just like it could be from a study about students and alcohol: "Many students are away from home for the first extended period in their lives and adjustment to college life is often a struggle, particularly making new friends." So when do the frats start hazing freshmen by seeing how long they can surf non-stop?
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