http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/laura-schipano-/ Laura Schipano is a freelance journalist and a final year journalism student at La Trobe University in Melbourne. She is particularly interested in writing about Social Media and issues that concern today’s youth. Laura is excited, yet very anxious about what life after university has in store for her. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/modern-bullies-hiding-behind-a-computer-screen/ I’ve never been addicted to gambling, drugs or smoking. My drug of choice is Facebook, which I got hooked a few years ago and became obsessed. Although I still visit the social networking site for a daily hit of notifications, my addiction has slowly lessened in its intensity overtime. The breaking point for me was finally owning up to the realisation that too much of my time was wasted looking at pointless status updates and photos belonging to people I don’t ever see in real life or speak to. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Laura Schipano ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/modern-bullies-hiding-behind-a-computer-screen/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/modern-bullies-hiding-behind-a-computer-screen/#item4422 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:40:30 +0000 Laura Schipano | Author bios | The Punch