Unplugging Your Life 你的生活不插电
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_7168424/bbc_tae_288_unplugged_media_au_bb.mp3[/audio][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][p=21, 2, left]Are you a media [b]addict[/b] who would go mad after two hours without TV,[b]friend requests, [/b]exciting online games and your mobile – or would you easily survive?[/p][p=21, 2, left]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 [b]to observe [/b]a total media ban by [b]unplugging[/b] all forms of media devices for 24 hours.[/p][p=21, 2, left]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 [b]the full findings[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]However, during the experiment, Dr Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers. He said: "They're reporting[b]withdrawal symptoms[/b],[b]overeating[/b], feeling nervous, [b]isolated[/b] and [b]disconnected[/b]."[/p][p=21, 2, left]During their 24-hour [b]ordeal[/b], three of the experiment's [b]guinea pigs[/b] had [b]to endure[/b] one [b]intrusion[/b] 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 [b]offline[/b], but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Elliot Day wrote: "Today, my whole morning routine was [b]thrown up into the air[/b]. Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers."[/p][p=21, 2, left]From Caroline Scott, we read: "I didn't expect it, but being [b]deprived [/b][b]of[/b]the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual… I didn't [b]break out in a cold sweat[/b]like our lecturer expected us all to, but it's not something I would like to do again!"[/p][p=21, 2, left]And Charlotte Gay wrote: "I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile; not only is it a social[b] gadget[/b], it's my main access point of communication."[/p][p=21, 2, left]Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our [b]waking hours[/b] using the media, often plugged into several things at once. And a recent study by Nielson found that on average, US teenagers send and receive over 3,000 texts per month – that's about six texts per waking hour.[/p][p=21, 2, left]So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you [b]set aside[/b] for sleep in the future?[/p][/font] 太多了:dizzy:
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