{"id":13405,"date":"2022-11-15T02:07:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m2comms.com\/?p=13405"},"modified":"2023-10-10T07:59:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T07:59:58","slug":"understanding-the-modern-loss-of-our-attention-spans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m2comms.com\/2022\/11\/15\/understanding-the-modern-loss-of-our-attention-spans\/","title":{"rendered":"The Decline in Global Attention Span: A Modern-Day Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13405\" class=\"elementor elementor-13405\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-051aa9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"051aa9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6199531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6199531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By: Samantha Wong<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa3c2c0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa3c2c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b6a41d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b6a41d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_container__2HrV1\">\n<div class=\"styles_wrapper__2m9rN\">\n<div class=\"ant-typography styles_subHeading__1pW5i styles_quote__heading__ztJRq\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>The onset of the pandemic left people with so many questions, leaving people to their own devices (literally) to find some answers. Fast. Millions of bite-sized content suddenly became widely available, virtually erasing the global attention span of the modern-day user.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0db2f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0db2f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"75v3m\" data-offset-key=\"el9gg-0-0\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"75v3m\" data-offset-key=\"el9gg-0-0\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-offset-key=\"el9gg-0-0\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j1en\" data-offset-key=\"eavfq-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"eavfq-0-0\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j1en\" data-offset-key=\"eavfq-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"eavfq-0-0\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center !important;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6vjit\" data-offset-key=\"54ek1-0-0\">\n<div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"ftavg-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"ftavg-0-0\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"ftavg-0-0\">The moment a video pops up on someone\u2019s feed, they\u2019re already calculating whether watching it is worth their time or not. <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"av8k6-0-0\">The global attention span has only gotten shorter during the late stages of the pandemic, narrowing down to an <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/psychology-video-ginger-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"av8k6-1-0\">average of 8 seconds<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"av8k6-2-0\">. That means <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediummagazine.nl\/the-battle-for-our-attention-and-how-everyone-might-be-losing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"av8k6-3-0\">humans now have a shorter attention span than goldfish<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"av8k6-4-0\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"av8k6-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"av8k6-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">Media platforms have served as safe spaces for people who\u2019ve faced the brunt force of the pandemic and its accompanying lockdowns, looking for anything worth listening to, reading, and watching. Because everything is so readily available, people can easily choose what content they\u2019re consuming and swipe to the next thing if they\u2019re not entertained.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"bjrqj-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"bjrqj-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">This is the age of doomscrolling, where people mindlessly scroll through their feeds looking for something\u2013anything\u2013that will pique their interest. People have become so used to consuming content in bite-sized pieces that anything else feels like a chore.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"8mou-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"8mou-0-0\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"8mou-0-0\">Users flock to media platforms where short-form is king\u2013like Twitter\u2019s 280-character limit, Reddit\u2019s non-committal threads, and TikTok\u2019s 60-second video length limit. Other media platforms have become wise to the trend, and have already adapted features that promote bite-sized content, like Instagram\u2019s 90-second reel length limit and 15-second story length limit.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"dgvbo-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"dgvbo-0-0\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"dgvbo-0-0\">And although these content pieces come in small bits and pieces, these can influence how humans process information at large.<\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; text-align: inherit;\">Coping while scrolling<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"4oo3b-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">While the term \u2018doomscrolling\u2019 seemed to enter people\u2019s vocabularies only during the pandemic, the concept of this human behavior is not at all new.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"4hsv9-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"4hsv9-0-0\"><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"3162u-0-0\">During times of uncertainty, people find comfort in searching for immediate answers. Before people started going online, they would tune in to the 11 o\u2019clock news. <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/worklife\/article\/20210226-the-darkly-soothing-compulsion-of-doomscrolling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"3162u-1-0\">Psychology Professor Dean McKay suggests doomscrolling to be its modern equivalent<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"3162u-2-0\">\u2014a 24\/7 repository of information that never ends. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"3162u-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"3162u-0-0\"><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"45eik-0-0\">Pamela Rutledge\u2014 the director of the California-based Media Psychology Research Center\u2014puts it quite clearly, \u201cDoomscrolling really just <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/worklife\/article\/20210226-the-darkly-soothing-compulsion-of-doomscrolling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"45eik-1-0\">describes the compulsive need to try and get answers when we\u2019re afraid<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"45eik-2-0\">\u201d.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"45eik-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"45eik-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">It\u2019s a reasonable response, especially when everything else doesn\u2019t make any sense. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"a10lv-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"a10lv-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">But oftentimes people\u2019s attention spans get the best of them\u2014scrolling way past the intention of obtaining helpful information. McKay suggests that doomscrolling is an evolved coping mechanism, which allows users to manage negative life events in accessible ways.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"6j817-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"6j817-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">Think about it: when you\u2019re put in a stressful situation, you have to be on high alert. When the situation becomes out of control, doomscrolling can help users feel as if they are gathering worthwhile information and developing life-saving strategies just with their fingertips. It doesn\u2019t matter how bad the news is.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"2qkg7-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"2qkg7-0-0\"><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"du29f-0-0\">The pandemic has only magnified the human need for information, and yet somehow <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins; font-style: italic;\" data-offset-key=\"du29f-0-1\">also<\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"du29f-0-2\"> reduced people\u2019s attention spans. How can both be true? <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"du29f-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"du29f-0-0\"><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"6jgir-0-0\">Well, it\u2019s not about the quality of information, but the <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins; font-style: italic;\" data-offset-key=\"6jgir-0-1\">quantity<\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"6jgir-0-2\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"6jgir-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"6jgir-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; text-align: inherit;\">One of those \u2018less is more\u2019 moments<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"fkmqs-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"fkmqs-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">Doomscrolling describes humans\u2019 constant need to stay up-to-date. Users quickly jump down the \u2018I must know more\u2019 rabbit hole, to the point that they are more concerned with the volume of information they consume rather than its credibility.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"6kneb-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"6kneb-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">Instead of fewer, hefty and well-researched content pieces, users expect more and more content that is shorter and denser. This may appease people\u2019s need for recency, but it comes at the cost of quality information.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"dgpmc-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"dgpmc-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">There\u2019s more or less no quality control on short-form content that goes viral. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"6d8i3-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"6d8i3-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">At this rate, it\u2019s not just about enjoying content that\u2019s short, fun, and \u2018seemingly harmless\u2019. Social media platforms have practically given content creators the freedom to promote anything provided that it\u2019s snappy and people click on them. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"e4da6-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"e4da6-0-0\"><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"ao1js-0-0\">When people are quickly swiping through pieces of content, <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/techtank\/2022\/06\/21\/data-misuse-and-disinformation-technology-and-the-2022-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"ao1js-1-0\">they\u2019re not thinking about going to another website to fact-check content. That\u2019s asking too much of them<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"ao1js-2-0\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"ao1js-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"ao1js-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">So then you\u2019re left with thousands of users who are overloaded with so much information which may not even be true or accurate.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"cmh89-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"cmh89-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; text-align: inherit;\">\u2018Will we be goldfish forever?\u2019 We don\u2019t have to be<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"7a0rq-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"7a0rq-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">In the never-ending search for information, the global attention span has taken a massive hit. Oh, the irony.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"q35f-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"q35f-0-0\"><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"3886i-0-0\">Humankind did not pursue ages of innovation and advancement only to create a race that takes sole pleasure in swiping through 10-second videos. People <\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/16\/well\/mind\/focus-johann-hari.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"3886i-1-0\">want to think deeply, live meaningful lives, and have children that can hold up conversations<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"3886i-2-0\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"3886i-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"3886i-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">As tempting as it is to blame it all on technology, most people are aware that users have a lot of agency in the matter. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"4g1oq-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"4g1oq-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px; text-align: inherit;\">So quitting technology is a big ask, but there are certainly ways to combat attention span deterioration. And the first step is\u2013as always\u2013acceptance. Accept that we cannot and will not know everything. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"bq60b-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"bq60b-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"8i72s-0-0\">It\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: inherit; position: relative;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-psychology-social-media-fomo\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDoomscrolling%20is%20essentially%20an%20avoidance,trauma%20and%20brain%2Dbehavior%20relationships\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"8i72s-1-0\">healthi<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"8i72s-1-0\">e<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"8i72s-1-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-psychology-social-media-fomo\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDoomscrolling%20is%20essentially%20an%20avoidance,trauma%20and%20brain%2Dbehavior%20relationships\">r to recognize that it is impossible to gather all information<\/a>, and better to embrace the idea of consuming what is enough<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; text-align: inherit; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"8i72s-2-0\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"8i72s-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"8i72s-0-0\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px;\">The earlier we recognize that, the sooner we\u2019ll have better attention spans than goldfish again. <\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2833f\" data-offset-key=\"7a9aq-0-0\">\n<h3 style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center;\"><b> <\/b><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 18px;\">ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/m2comms.com\/2022\/11\/15\/your-attention-span-is-probably-dead\/\">Your Attention Span is Probably Dead<\/a> <\/span><\/h3>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">M2.0 Communications is a <a href=\"https:\/\/m2comms.com\/\">Public Relations firm in the Philippines<\/a>. 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