Josh Lowe Flipbook FILM 260

2. Not long ago,
one would wait with excitement for a
long, hand-written letter in the mail
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3. ...But now,
Our generation can’t be bothered to read a post longer than
140 characters!
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4. As social media markets continue to
expand
Our attention spans seem to
shrink
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5. Facebook posts of 80 characters or
fewer have a 27% higher rate of
engagement than longer posts
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6. Today’s students are increasingly affected
by this
phenomena
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7. In the classroom, teachers have to do a
Song and Dance
to capture their attention
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8. Students can be less tenacious if the
answer isn't a few clicks away.
They want instant gratification
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9. As humans, we have
always been wired
for instant
gratification, but
technology has
kicked up that
biological need.
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10. It’s like an addiction
fueled by
Social media
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11. The need for instant gratification
underlies most addictions;
Sex Drugs
Alcohol Gambling
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12. The hit when you get a good email
is like the hit of winning money.
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13. We try to prevent our
children from
gambling,
but there isn’t the same
cultural awareness about
how addicting digital
technology can be
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14. Perhaps the most
devastating consequence
of this addiction is the
absence of
common courtesy
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15. 27 percent of those
over 25 allow social
media updates to
interrupt meals,
and 11 percent admit to checking
updates during sex
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16. The need for a quick technology fix
is making people not only
less focused,
but also
less considerate.
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17. Inevitably, perhaps, instant gratification comes at the
expense of civility
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18. As a society, we have to remember back, long
ago, when time spent with loved ones
meant more than a Tweet,
when a relationship status update
simply wasn’t necessary
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19. Objects and experiences acquire value through
the act of waiting
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20. Wait long enough,
and our lives can be filled with invaluable
experiences.
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21. So keep waiting...
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22. Sources
http://marketingland.com/short-attention-spans-and-social-
media-how-to-fight-back-2435
http://magazine.nd.edu/news/27926-gotta-have-it-now-right-
now/
http://edudemic.com/2012/12/14-twitter-statistics-you-may-not-
know/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-
blog/2013/mar/11/technology-internet-pupil-attention-teaching
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-galinsky/kids-and-
technology_b_2068862.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/06/youth-interrupt-sex-
to-an_n_525839.html
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-stats_b32050
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Creative Commons Non-Commercial
Share-Alike 3.0 agreement and
sourced from Flickr.
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