Brave News World a magazine with a point of view
	Fall 2005

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What professionals think Professionals believe that someone becomes addicted to media due to a lack of social interaction in a normal setting. Such individuals become so caught up in their fantasy world when they feel that the comfortable settings of their TV and computer screens are the only place where they are accepted. Many find this to be a comfort zone and don't see a need to interact with others in ordinary social settings. They find those unnecessary. What pro's think | An unhealthy habit | What they are doing | Treatment options Media cover | Addictions cover Text, photos and art in this section by Carol Franch

Brave News World magazine is produced for the Web by students in the course Online Journalism JRN 410 led by Professor Anthony Curtis, Department of Mass Communications, University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The issue theme, cover, sections and pages were designed by students in the course and article topics were chosen and reported by the individual students who wrote them. The students hold the copyright for their individual creations of articles and images. We are grateful to those agencies and institutions that have graciously provided other images for this edition. Views expressed by individual writers in this magazine are not endorsed by the professor, the department, the university, or possibly anyone else. Your comments are welcomed by the professor who may be contacted via e-mail at acurtis@uncp.edu or by phone at (910) 521-6616.