If your professor asked you to kick your social networking habits, do you think you could do it? Can you go without Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, cell phones, or the Internet for a week? For a day? Recently, a University of Minnesota professor challenged her public relations class to go five days without media or gadgets that didnt exist before 1884. Out of the 43 students in the class, just a handful made it even three days without the technology.

How long could you go without using social media? What types of issues might you encounter without constant connections to your friends, family, colleagues, co-workers? How has social media affected society? How has social media impacted businesses. (Pay attention to the current research regarding the last two questions, it may surprise you)!