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Virtual possessions have powerful hold on teenagers, researchers say

May 10, 2011

Digital imagery, Facebook updates, online music collections, email threads and other immaterial artifacts of today's online world may be as precious to teenagers as a favorite book that a parent once read to them or a t-shirt worn at a music festival. The fact that virtual possessions don't have a physical form may actually enhance their value, researchers discovered in a study of 21 teenagers.

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110509113729.htm
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