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Need a break? Too many texts, emails, calls and TV shows to catch up on? Join the #SlowMediaMovement #SMACK100

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Take the #slowmedia challenge. Take a day away from all technology...read a book, go for a run or make a yummy dinner! #wedareyou #SMACK100

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All students know what happens when we read textbooks all day...ULTIMATE BOREDOM #cramtime #SMACK100

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Textbooks enhance time, while online books enhance space. We still appreciate time over space...but how long will this last? #SMACK100

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Online textbooks make physical textbooks obsolete. Calling all students!!! What do you prefer? #SMACK100

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Textbooks retrieve a physical aspect that a lot of student can appreciate. Online textbooks don't always do the job! #SMACK100

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Buying a CD enhances the relationship between the listener and the artist...you truly love the artist if you buy the CD! #SMACK100

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When CD collecting is pushed to its limits we end up having no room for any of them...#SMACK100

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CD’s allow you to physically hold what your listening to...something you cannot do with new technology like iPods or cell phones #SMACK100

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To avoid traffic jams and unnecessary car breakdowns, Try riding a bike to work it will not only help but its also a good workout #SMACK100

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Who really listens to CD’s anymore? Make CD’s obsolete to save the planet by using your smart phone or/and iPod! #Savetheplanet #SMACK100

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“Oh no my laptop is broken! I can't take notes.” Why not use a pen and paper? It won’t get deleted off your hard drive #SMACK100

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“Wait, what was that? I didn’t hear what was on the radio.” Try flipping through a newspaper instead, to really absorb the news #SMACK100

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When we use Skype too much, it reverses into a loss of human interaction and physical contact. #SMACK100

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Skype enhances how we contact people over a distance; it has commercial, business, and casual uses. #SMACK100

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Skype retrieves that personal contact that you don’t get with a phone call or an email, because it has video. #SMACK100

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Are long distance phone calls too expensive? Skype makes phones obsolete, and allows you to make a call any time, and anywhere. #SMACK100

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Instead of being a couch potato and watching tv ,read a book instead ,it keeps your mind sharp! #SMACK100

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When text messaging is pushed to the extreme it can feel like your having too many conversations at once! #SMACK100

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Text messaging retrieves old conversations at the tip of your finger #SMACK100