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  Fall 2005
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An unhealthy habit . . .
Can you walk away from it?

facebook screen Many people find themselves in the media addiction trap.

Whether they are talking with other people online, surfing the web or sitting in front of a television set, it is an unhealthy behavior that can lead to many side effects such as:
  • Caffeine addiction
  • Lack of productivity
  • Lack of interaction with people in person, leading to social problems
What pro's think | An unhealthy habit | What they are doing | Treatment options
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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.