The experiment is huge: Around 70,000 students have registered to experience the effects of a smartphone break for three weeks from March 4th, reports addiction expert Oliver Scheibebogen. He accompanies the project from a scientific perspective. The initiative comes from Austria, but classes from Germany, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol and Switzerland are also taking part. In the experiment there is a control group that does not restrict itself, and also a third group that only limits social media consumption to around one hour per day.
