Please write 6 pages narrative essay about this experiment. Imagine im doing this and It was hard to stay away without social media for 72 hours. It was tough, disconnected with the world. Miss my social media accounts. However, in the same time I did not miss a lot because I was able to check everything back after the experiment.
Are you able to go
for a specified period of time without social media?
Can you drag
yourself away for 24hours?
What about 48 hours? Is 72 hours even possible?
What about an entire week?
Will you survive without the gossip, news, photos and bragging rights that the various social media platformsprovide?
Can you forego Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, and Facebook(and
any other social media platformsyou might use)?
And what about your device
–the ever-‐present-‐always-‐in-‐your-‐hand cell phone? Is
it possible to ditch the phone?
What about texting? Can you pick up the phone and
make a call instead of texting?
Can you
go “off the grid”
completely
–
zero media
(including
internet,
te
levision
,
radio, and print media)
?
How far will you take this? How brave are you?
Rules of the experiment:
•
In the least, y
ou MUST attempt to unplug
from all social media
for a
72
-‐
hour
time period.
•
If you want the experiment to be more challenging, feel
free to extend the
time period
or
move
beyond a social media blackout and include your phone,
texting, and/or all other media.
•
The experiment must take place between
Thursday
, Oc
tober
6
and
Sunday
,
October 2
3
.
•
Do
not
wait unt
il the last minute.
•
You should
consider keeping
a journal about your experience. Record your
feelings. Use descriptive words.
You will need to
be able to vividly remember
these feelings, and keeping a journ
al is the best way to do this. Record your
challenges, your
failures, your successes, any moments of dread, anxiety,
or
the feeling of
freedom.
•
Don’t worry if you fail! Sometimes failing is the best way to learn about you
!
What makes you tick? What are
your positive and negative attributes? What
are you capable of?
•
If you fail, I encourage you to set aside another day to make a second and/or
third attempt.
•
This experiment will
lead to the
topic for your second
essay
. The second
essay is worth 200 points, or 20% of your grade.
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