Affect of social media to attention span
Digital media
A. Haxel's research on "Technology Screens and Effects on Attention”
Kenneth E. Moyer's work on "The Concept of Attention Spans in Children ''
Nitesh
Tripath's research
how does the heightened utilization of social media lead to
decreased attention spans in both children and adults?
The results of the survey ( 159 responders)
1. Do you feel that your attention span decreased sue to usage of social media?
54 % respondents was yes = 0.54 * 159 ≈ 85.86.
2. How often do you think social ,edia usage interrupt your studying?
s 85.5% of respondents was yes =
0.855 * 159 ≈ 135.945.
3. Would you say social media is a big part of your life?
75.5% of respondents were yes= 0.755 * 159 ≈ 120.145
The solutions
Parents and their control
legislation of usage
Value of going offline
A five-question survey was created
a correlation between increased usage of technology and the decrease in attention
span
Examining how different forms of digital
media may contribute to changes in attention
span.
children's brains are changing due to the presence of
screen-based technologies