The Media Zone

How the media make sense and nonsense of the world
Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. is Senior Editor of the Journal of Media Psychology and Emeritus Professor of Media Psychology at Cal State, Los Angeles. See full bio

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The Cell Phone Zone

Now, the cell phone-dependent's score is the connection, the phone connection. The high is the talk. If the drug addict is really desperate, he will take some wretchedly anemic score, almost anything that mimes the rush, the nod, anything that kills the need --- for a while. So too with the phone score: Speed dial, wait, nothing, speed dial again. And again. A hit. An exhale. A perk-up.  Read More

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