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The Modern Addiction

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Do you check your phone as soon as you wake up? Do you browse through Facebook on your lunch break?

What if I told you these behaviours were borderline obsessive and that you are in fact an Internet addict?

Whilst our modern lives often require us to be online, the impact this has on our minds is nothing new.

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Tuesday, April 11 2017
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Featured in storyGemma Smart, candidate in History and Philosophy of Science at University of Sydney Ben Abraham, lecturer in Digital and Social Media at University of Technology Sydney Montanna Tassell, university student at University of Technology Sydney Nikki Riesel, university student at University of New South Wales
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