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My heart palpitating, perspiration exuding of my forehead and I start to pant faster…… My palm is sweaty, my toes tense up and every fiber of my being aches with this strong unexplainable gravitational pull. I gobble down my breakfast, racing for time hoping and praying that I have not missed anything. With a palpitating heart, a sweaty forehead and a raging pant, Alas!! I get to my cell phone before the battery dies and in relief I see that I am still connected to Mxit.
We are going to navigate our assignment on the basis of addiction and how it plays on the mind of consumers in respect of their well being. We will steer our way through the different aspects underlying this irrational emotion. We will also demonstrate to you how Mxit and Addiction plays on our fragile psychological state of mind.
MXit is a mobile instant messaging service developed in South Africa that runs on GPRS/3G cell phone and supported by java. It allows the user to send and receive text messages to cell phones running MXit. These messages are sent and received via the bandwidth connection connecting to your local service provider and the internet. The user can also exchange messages with online chat communities like MSN Messenger, Yahoo! ICQ, AOL messenger, and Jabber. Messages are billed by the amount of data sent; they are much cheaper to send than traditional SMS messages. MXit has a registered user base of two million. The application is distributed internationally, but the bulk of their user base is South African teenager.
Addiction is characterized by the compulsive use of substances or engagement of behaviors despite clear evidence to the users of consequent morbidity and other harmful e ...