Students nationwide sacrifice Facebook for Lent
Kailey Delinger
Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: News
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But the crux of students' problems with Facebook infatuation may be more than just that - an infatuation. As Grows put it, the issue goes much deeper.
"I think we all need a Facebook patch," she said. "They're probably going to start offering support classes for people who are trying to give it up. It is definitely an addiction."
Dianne Lynch, an expert on media technology and dean of Ithaca College's Park School of Communications, said while it may not be addiction, there is something to American college students' obsession with the online social network.
"American adolescents and young adults have grown up in a wired, connected world," Lynch said. "They are to a certain extent uncomfortable with solitude ... But that's not addiction. That's a compulsion to participate, to stay connected, to be in the virtual loop.'"
Addiction or not, all three of these Facebookers said, though they may not return to the frequency of their old habits on the Web site, they will definitely be back on it come Easter Sunday.
"I'm not going to lie," Grows said, "I'm excited for Sunday. I know I need to tone it down and maybe limit my Facebook checking to once a day, but I am excited for Sunday. I know that I have a ton of stuff to look at."
"I think we all need a Facebook patch," she said. "They're probably going to start offering support classes for people who are trying to give it up. It is definitely an addiction."
Dianne Lynch, an expert on media technology and dean of Ithaca College's Park School of Communications, said while it may not be addiction, there is something to American college students' obsession with the online social network.
"American adolescents and young adults have grown up in a wired, connected world," Lynch said. "They are to a certain extent uncomfortable with solitude ... But that's not addiction. That's a compulsion to participate, to stay connected, to be in the virtual loop.'"
Addiction or not, all three of these Facebookers said, though they may not return to the frequency of their old habits on the Web site, they will definitely be back on it come Easter Sunday.
"I'm not going to lie," Grows said, "I'm excited for Sunday. I know I need to tone it down and maybe limit my Facebook checking to once a day, but I am excited for Sunday. I know that I have a ton of stuff to look at."
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