Following the devastating tsunami in Japan, Chizu, a Japanese graduate student attending school in the United States, found herself glued to the television and sometimes unable to sleep, fearing she would miss important information. We would refer to her state as
A) information overload.
B) media dependence.
C) media convergence.
D) television addiction.

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Chizu's behavior indicates a reliance on media for updates and information, particularly during a crisis, which is best described as media dependence. She is not simply overwhelmed by too much information (information overload), nor is she addicted to television in a general sense (television addiction). Media convergence doesn't apply here as it refers to the merging of media platforms and technologies.

Following the Devastating Tsunami in Japan, Chizu, a Japanese Graduate