Silencing Social Media

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania became the butt of late-night jokes this week with its one-week blackout of instant messaging, Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. Students will be required to write a reflective essay about the experiment... Pavithra Vaideeswaran, a senior who will be graduating this December with a degree in computer science information, finds the experiment valuable.

Temporarily Tweetless Audio Embed: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now 9/17/10, Host: Jane Clayson. Illustration: Matt Hamm/Flickr