Most American high schools students, and all Uni students, use the Internet to communicate with others. Whether it be e-mail, IM, MySpace, or Facebook, communication through the Internet is completely familiar for us.

But indirect communication doesn’t stop at the computer, for there are all sorts of cell phone phenomena that allow us to talk with each other without speaking out loud.

Addiction is something that cannot be avoided. It can range from drugs to playing video games to chatting on AIM to shopping to reading books, but almost everyone is addicted to something.