Could you make it without media for 4 days? Just ask a dozen communications students at Seattle University who recently attempted a 96-hour "media deprivation" experiment:
No listening to iPods or car radios. No checking e-mail. No chatting on cellphones. No surfing Web sites such as MySpace.com or Facebook.com. No watching "Desperate Housewives" or "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
The experiment originally was supposed to last a week, but it was scaled back when the students protested. But even four days was too much — each of the students cheated, some more than others.
