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'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span (theweek.com)

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'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span::Emerging research suggests that TikTok's rapid-fire short videos are affecting the attention spans of its younger users, making it harder for them to engage in activities that require more sustained attention.

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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Its weird but I actually use videos as a last resort. I hate having to sit through a 10 minute video to find out how to do a 2 minute task.

Videos are good for "reading" long books that you'll probably never finish otherwise or seeing how to do an intricate task where you almost need to do it alongside them in order to do it properly. I can't invest in short videos like that exemplified by tiktok (like Peter's 6 second interview in the millenials episode; I guess thats more of a vine than titok...)

[–] Neirin_D 3 points 1 year ago

Same. I prefer reading to watching videos since it's easier to scroll to the information I need.

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