| 单词 | attention span |
| 例句 | For one, researchers worry that heavy use of interactive media can, over time, reduce attention spans. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Another study suggesting falling attention spans found that we are even spending less time with the apps on our mobile devices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z While the broader concerns about attention span are widespread among scholars, the evidence can be indirect, some of it anecdotal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He’s spent four years on an experiment looking at whether a particular kind of scientifically engineered video game could improve the attention span and memory of people over the age of sixty. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The three-minute convention persists thanks in no small part to attention spans and radio playlist imperatives. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was another pigeon, this one with two healthy feet and a noticeably shorter attention span. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And the reader’s short attention span only makes things worse. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Newspaper journalists, mindful of their readers’ attention spans, sometimes go to the other extreme and dice their text into nanoparagraphs consisting of a sentence or two apiece. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My attention span and my motivation rank up there with that of a sea cucumber. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “But I always believed that kids didn’t have short attention spans, that they could easily sit still for a half an hour.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The family then moved back to Britain, where Mack grew up in Aberdeen, and became a scientist, a tinkerer, a great piano player, with a bit of a short attention span himself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On top of having a weird smell and the attention span of a fruit fly, that day Markie rushed me at the front door with a buttload of disgusting questions. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They thought preschoolers did not have the attention span to handle anything other than very short, tightly focused segments. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Heart of Darkness they mock him with their lolling nakedness and their imported attention spans. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Pew report, done in cooperation with several other nonprofit groups, found that nearly 90 percent of teachers said the Internet is creating “an easily distracted generation with short attention spans.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z You can work on repairing your attention span later. The Essential Gabriel García Márquez 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z “The audience’s attention span has changed, the finances of the whole thing are crazy out of control.” From ‘Ragtime’ to ‘Rocky’ to ‘Dancer’: Flaherty and Ahrens, together 30 years But why should such music thrive in an era of short attention spans? Critic’s Notebook: Philip Glass’s ‘Spuren der Verirrten’ Has Debut in Linz 2013-04-17T21:39:00Z This time round, the competition – for sources, leads, interviews and audience attention span – will be fierce. Serial tackles Bowe Bergdahl: our expert panel gives its verdict 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z It's thought that One Direction: This Is Us will be the Don't Look Back for the generation that's had its attention span obliterated by Snapchat, so let's confirm this by looking at its latest trailer. One Direction: This Is Us trailer – the film that brings you 1D in 3D 2013-07-23T13:01:00Z The attention span and patience of today's children is obviously different than in 1926. A Winnie the Pooh app? So much for the digital revolution 2013-06-15T07:00:13Z Earlier prestige dramas also enjoyed a common coming of age somewhat before what I'll call the Age of Provocation, defined by short attention spans and fiery sentiment churned by the whitewater rush of social media. When it comes "Better Call Saul," we should be in no hurry for it to end 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Braids, from Montreal, played rhapsodic songs, with stretches of tinkling Minimalism cresting in rock and surprisingly blunt lyrics, that reward long attention spans. Critic?s Notebook: Bands Dream Globally, Play Locally 2010-10-24T23:00:00Z Your version may be, but doesn’t necessarily have to be, aimed at the president’s particular attention span or interests. Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “We did not have the attention spans for it,” she said with a laugh in a recent video interview from her childhood bedroom, where the purple walls matched her tie-dye butterfly shirt. Beach Bunny Is Building an Indie-Rock Career in a Time of TikTok 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Say what you will about youth today: That their attention spans are too short. Perspective | What happened when I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kids 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z O'Hara: These kids today and their attention spans. Q&A: Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara on comedy, Canada, 'Creek' 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z It remains to be seen if the short attention span of the American music buying public will remember him. 'American Idol' Top 5 need to beware the burse of Bo Bice 2010-05-01T20:31:00Z We're in a TikTok attention span generation, so if you still have that level of pull, then no amount of outrage can take that away. "I need to host": Roy Wood Jr. talks "The Daily Show" and why late-night TV needs change 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z “It’s very poignant for this moment when everyone’s attention span is so short and everyone is scrolling through images and texts and just skimming the surface of things.” Warhol Museum Director to Join Sotheby’s New Fine Art Division 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The attention span of the online audience is incredibly short. What effect has the internet had on comedy? 2011-04-02T23:07:08Z For my friends, it's a problem of attention span, being focused enough. Strings attached 2010-10-02T23:03:00Z At a time of limited attention spans, you can understand why it seemed better left on the cutting room floor. The Guccis Are Really Not Happy About ‘House of Gucci’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “He’s got a limited attention span,” Kaufman says. | About a Boy 2014-05-05T17:31:25Z If early films were short by necessity — the earliest reels allowed for just seconds of film — modern videos are pared down to suit our attention spans and data plans. The Silent Film Returns — on Social Media 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z At around three minutes, they are perfect for short attention spans. The Swinging, Jamming Musical Charms of 1940s Soundies 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Oh, we can moan and complain about the destruction of the medium and devolution of our attention spans, but, really? Will The Bourne Legacy Usher in the Story-Less Movie? 2012-08-15T12:00:17Z “People’s attention span is a little weak, for the most part. So when you inject some of that entertaining Snoopy, you’re going to capture the audience.” The cosmos beckons for Snoopy onscreen and in real life 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The book considers whether the Internet is eroding our attention spans. The Concert Hall as Refuge in a Restless, Web-Driven World 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z The empty calories and fractured attention spans of popular culture are turned, without condescension, into something meaningful and poignant. Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic Makes the Familiar Feel Fresh 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Drawings and infographics provide as much information as text — the modern way to impart knowledge in the age of short attention spans and twitchy fingers. How to scratch your wine-travel itch when you can’t actually go anywhere 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The debate over gun violence is far from settled, but the fact that young adult voter turnout surged in November suggests that this demographic's attention span isn't so short. 2018 has been the longest year ever 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Without some fresh angle to renew the American public's interest in Afghanistan, it's just another war that has tragically outlived the nation's attention span. The "Hurt Locker" reality show controversy 2010-08-27T14:28:00Z Many a parent, enjoying themselves thoroughly, may bewail the short attention span of their offspring who perhaps have no patience for magic lanterns or shadow puppets. The Firework-Maker's Daughter; Hallé Orchestra/Elder; Cheryomushki – review 2013-03-31T00:07:03Z “People have such short attention spans, you have to be quick.” Grace Helbig’s Digital Path to Fame 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Seven minutes long, it's an emotional epic – ridicule, disgust, comedy, shock, astonishment, joy, shame, hope, validation and triumph – they're all there, perfectly miniaturised and shrink-wrapped for an audience with a limited attention span. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z It's partly the eclectic nature of it – people's attention spans are so short. Edinburgh: the inexorable rise of variety and cabaret 2010-08-07T10:46:00Z Figuring that audiences were younger and with lower attention spans than ever before, Hollywood directors began to turn out movies that were a cocktail of musclebound protagonists, car chases, fight scenes and epic explosions. The Expendables: Old-timers wheel out the one-liners 2010-08-16T15:36:00Z There’s a tour for practically every curiosity and attention span. Specialized tours enrich travel 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the modern attention span — expertly pruned by Silicon Valley — supposedly runs about eight seconds, roughly the time it’s taken you to reach this sentence. Can Drugs Help Us Focus? Casey Schwartz, You Better Watch Your Speed 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “Which you’d see then in ‘Sesame Street,’ because the show was intentionally designed for little kids’ attention spans.” Stroll down Sesame Street at MoPOP’s new Jim Henson exhibition 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Her biggest tip for cooking with kids involves being realistic about their attention spans. Easy, not-too-spooky Halloween treats to cook up with your kids 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, I ended up scrolling through for as long as my millennial attention span would allow. “We need Trump to stop all the PC crap”: Right-wing reaction to the Harriet Tubman $20 bill is (another) new low 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z If they allow themselves nothing more than a Twitter-sized attention span and assume that everything they see on the internet is true, then I've died more times than the average cat! Jello Biafra: 'Obama owes Occupy big time' 2013-04-25T15:54:10Z It's garage punk with a longer attention span, math rock with a human soul, and prog without the self-indulgence. Can: the ultimate film soundtrack band? 2011-03-11T12:39:00Z There are people who haven't got the attention span to watch. Glastonbury: 11 acts to watch 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Depending on the viewer’s attention span, the exhibition may involve scores and even hundreds of works. Art Review: Scavenger Hunt at Met, Courtesy of Oberlin College 2010-04-22T22:36:00Z No, sometimes timing is everything and in the world that we live in, even though the attention span is very fast and people want change, they also don't know how to accept change. | Swizz Beatz 2012-10-16T20:06:50Z As Jaron Lanier argues in his new book Who Owns The Future? the largest digital companies compile huge amounts of information on our likes, dislikes, economic activity, preferences, attention spans and such like. Why ebooks are a different genre from print 2013-03-26T08:21:56Z Izzard's not a comedian for those with short attention spans. Comic Eddie Izzard, at Hollywood Bowl, generates hysterics and more 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z In a sense she presaged if not this technology then our short cultural attention span. Diane Williams, a Master of the Very Short Story, Has a Very Big New Book 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Even in an age of short attention spans, when few new plays last more than 90 minutes, there is still something about the durational performance which is immensely seductive. 24-hour plays 2013-03-05T17:14:35Z "Same as It Ever Was," "Shake Our Way Out," "Made My Peace" and "Peace I Need" are all good examples of challenging the modern-day short attention span. Gov't Mule embraces Pink Floyd, peace and protest: "We're in some pretty precarious times" 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Its groupings of two to five and occasionally more related works seem to reflect a short attention span or a plethora of ideas and responses on the artist’s part. Georgia O’Keeffe, ‘Modernized’ by MoMA 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Rather than rail against our diminishing attention spans, Spångberg looks at this as an opportunity to explore "other kinds of attention". Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance 2013-07-05T13:00:00Z In this age of rising mobility, giddy gentrification and shrinking attention spans, historical amnesia spreads like an epidemic: It may be asymptomatic for years, but eventually it’s fatal to our respect for bygone days. In the age of distraction, one small publisher keeps local history alive in sepia tones 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Most sex is over within 10 or 20 minutes, says Moyle, but even that is proving too much for fractured attention spans: “You have to switch off to turn on – and we never switch off.” Bedroom confidential: what sex therapists hear from the couch 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z I’m also really aware of how short the attention span is for Web videos and how difficult it is to presume how much people want to watch. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Girl Walk//All Day': A Conversation With the Director 2011-12-06T20:25:45Z His heterogeneous style comes not so much from an effort to show his range but from a short attention span. Colson Whitehead Reinvents Himself, Again 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z His interest in the variability of attention spans may explain Mr. Pettibon’s use of Twitter, which he approaches “as a way of working with form,” not content. Raymond Pettibon: Pictures, Literary Voices and Surfers, Too 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Because I am old and have a short attention span, my mind was wandering by about the two-hour mark. I Admit It: I Don’t Really Like Christopher Nolan’s Movies All That Much 2012-07-18T11:59:44Z He argued that writers were increasingly being pressured to write for audiences that only had "attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts". Noises off: Playing politics can still be seriously dramatic 2010-09-08T15:22:00Z “I have a 12-page attention span, so if it’s longer than that I just lose interest,” he said in an interview. David Sedaris on a 12-Page Attention Span 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Bogart might disagree about the relevance: “Alcina,” she said in a program note, is about short attention spans, illusion and addiction, all contemporary topics. Review | Strong women take the lead in Washington National Opera’s ‘Alcina’ 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Or like watching channels flipped fast fast fast by someone with zero attention span. ‘Four Saints in Three Acts’ Review: An Opera Becomes a One-Man Show 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z At 196 minutes, “Winter Sleep” is even longer, and thus more likely to challenge Hollywood’s attention span. 2015 Oscars: With Russia's Unexpected Choice, Foreign-Language Race Takes Shape 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z This particular bystander tends to have a fairly short attention span and rarely stays in one place for long, perhaps because Mr. Nicks crams years of material into a 93-minute film. Review: ‘The Force’ Follows the Oakland Police From Crisis to Crisis 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The four teachers, all of whom have at least an associate degree, are equal parts warm and encouraging, while also managing the 2-year-olds’ short attention spans. Will a college degree requirement lead to better, more respected preschool teachers? 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Right — shorter attention spans, so you’ve got to keep the balls moving. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z For those with frazzled attention spans, Knisley’s stream-of-consciousness baby experiences and bright drawing style make it easy to dip in and out of the pages at will. Cartoonists Tackle the Big Stuff: O.C.D., Motherhood and Too Many Books 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z In order to survive in this age of short attention spans, companies need to commission new works. What Is the Future for Modern-Dance Companies? 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z At the same time, is there any evidence that we are genuinely more interactive than previous generations, or that our attention spans are any shorter? What's so wrong with proscenium arch theatre? 2010-07-19T11:36:00Z "The attention span is even shorter now," he said. Brits 2015: Real winners and losers 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z But nothing lasts; there’s no question that these songs were devised in the era of digital recording and short attention spans. Vampire Weekend Wraps Breakdowns in Musical Smiles on ‘Father of the Bride’ 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z You can sort of tell: many of the tracks hint at musicians either with short attention spans or attempting to grab the attention of people in a short space of time. New band of the day: John Wizards (No 1,533) 2013-06-14T15:42:00Z Isacoff's very inclusive approach is lightened by the style of the book, which will appeal even to those with short attention spans. 'A Natural History of the Piano' entertains 2011-11-17T00:26:07Z “Acknowledging peoples’ short attention spans, we’ve got short summaries at the start of each section,” Robinson concedes. The wine world keeps changing. This essential reference book shows how. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Photograph: Balkis Press/ABACA/Press Association Images I'm a bit fed up of articles in which journalists complain the is destroying their attention span. Listen (and read this blog) very carefully: the internet is not the enemy 2010-10-18T16:02:00Z But in our age of serialized, bingeable entertainment, with twist following twist in a bid to hold our waning attention spans, there’s something refreshingly bold and optimistic about a show made up only of beginnings. Esther Perel Lets Us Listen In on Couples’ Secrets 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Whicker regarded himself as a professional's professional, one who continued to look for "human interest" stories while the attention span of many around him in his later years narrowed more to sleaze. Alan Whicker, globetrotting TV presenter, dies aged 87 2013-07-12T14:56:37Z Test scores and attention spans of children who eat a well-balanced breakfast are generally higher than those who do not. Perspective | Make an appealing breakfast for kids with easy, healthy, adjustable oatmeal 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Riviera has something for everyone, especially in today's sort of short attention span audience world. Julia Stiles gets Shakespearean again: On murder, betrayal and the powerful women of "Riviera" 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Podcasts offer more flash and dazzle, but I still love the long arc of books “on tape” as an antidote to the shattered attention span of a Twitter-fied society. Audiobooks for Those Long Summer Drives, Without the Kids 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Look, this is a culture with a very, very short attention span. Taint of war-crimes trial won't stick on Campbell 2010-08-11T16:46:00Z In a world of white noise and short attention spans, that’s an advantage. John Fetterman and the Remaking of Political Image 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z There’s also something intriguing about a play that frequently demonizes technology and its decimation of the human attention span, but whose program still encourages audience members to send out live Twitter messages during the show. ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Technodoulia Dot Com' 2011-08-25T15:15:45Z People have shorter attention spans, too, which means that those doorstop biographies of 400 pages can start to seem like a looming threat rather than a delicious promise. The art of biography is alive and well 2013-02-15T18:10:01Z Beginning with "The Yes Album," the third release, the band investigated multi-song suites that lengthened rock's collective attention span. Yes plays Ste. Michelle with new vocalist 2011-07-28T19:32:09Z BITE-SIZE The tween attention span has been a subject of much concern, especially since the pandemic made “screen time” as quaint as rotary phones. Joy, Flexibility and Bravery Land on the Best-Seller List 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The latest incarnation is 5×15, a lecture series that’s tuned this London tradition to the staccato attention spans of the Twitter generation. In Transit Blog: 5?15, London Salon, Offers Lectures Short and Sweet 2011-11-09T11:00:22Z The demise of “At the Movies” and “Reel Talk” was a confluence of the recession — which made advertising dollars scarce — mismanagement, the proliferation of other channels, the shortening of attention spans and other factors. Letters: Movie Criticism: A Film Show?s Demise 2010-04-11T04:31:00Z These clichés test the attention span of viewers and force them into the fallback job of seeing how the actors are doing. Cowboys & Aliens: Two Great Genres, One Mediocre Movie 2011-07-28T22:05:00Z But for the truly famous, celebrity status “is long-lasting and is not constrained by a limited public attention span,” the researchers add. Fame may not last 15 minutes after all 2013-05-06T18:13:00Z It's Grand Designs for those with a short attention span. On Hannibal's Trail 2010-07-19T05:45:00Z Geared as it is to the short attention span, there is absolutely no need to watch the show. MTV movie awards: nothing's shocking, still 2012-06-04T16:47:32Z Since this “West Side Story” is not period-specific, I don’t think van Hove is commenting on our fragmented 21st-century attention spans. ‘West Side Story’ Review: Sharks vs. Jets vs. Video 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z She was eager to create an experience that would test the attention span of audiences in the TikTok era. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z How an influx in audio drama consumption will affect attention spans culture-wide over time is hard to predict. Who needs TV and movies? Audio dramas are booming when our minds need them most 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z There’s also the ongoing problem of our corroded attention spans and increasing inability to separate fact from opinions or lies. Review | Yes, America, PBS’s ‘The Vietnam War’ is required viewing — all 18 hours of it 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Her attention span doesn’t allow for an hour of slow-stirring, so I had to deviate a bit from Jason’s technique. A Lamb Stew With a French Onion Twist 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Her vocabulary, attention span and patience are that of an older child, and she loves to be in charge — and to be right. Perspective | My daughter’s hidden disability 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z I like to think my attention span has improved a little bit, so I can read longer novels now, and also novels with longer sentences. Sally Rooney’s Attention Span Has Improved 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z There is even an emperor with a short attention span. A hotline to Satan: why is the ex-CEO of Vodafone making a film version of Faust? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Third, that it promotes passivity – which today's audiences, used to interactivity and with shorter attention spans, will not tolerate. What's so wrong with proscenium arch theatre? 2010-07-19T11:36:00Z The smaller the screen, the shorter my attention span. Jack Black plans online comedy series 2013-06-17T13:38:11Z The unhurried yet absolutely concentrated performance was a world away from other pop events and a haven for long attention spans. Music Review: Leonard Cohen at the Barclays Center 2012-12-22T00:28:21Z Even then, the attention span is short and the eyes go back to the phone. 'There's less talking now': readers on how smartphones altered family life 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian In Monday's Guardian, political playwright Athol Fugard voiced a concern that dramatists are "failing to confront issues of injustice, writing instead for attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts". Why can't playwrights feel free to be political? 2010-09-02T15:32:00Z This is garish, macho, gluttonous food TV aimed squarely at young people with short attention spans. MasterChef? Delia Smith should try watching Man v Food 2013-05-15T10:53:15Z Mr. Baldwin, as well, suggests our attention span is limited. The Hilaria Baldwin Story: ‘I’m Living My Life’ 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z These should be called 'goldfish...' as in the average attention span of today's American consumer is that of a goldfish -- about 3 - 6 seconds, indeed ... 15 Minutes of Fame Is Too Much. Try 6 Seconds. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the audience’s overall attention span has started to wane, but he cajoles people back into the living room with a story, part humor and part touching narrative, about asking his now-wife to marry him. A hipster cultural salon for the short-attention-span generation 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z These films, about a brainwashed CIA killing machine who gradually recovers his memory and goes rogue, would appeal most strongly to Trump’s particular combination of short attention span and heightened paranoia. Six surveillance films to make Trump paranoid 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Or is it that the story languishes because our collective short attention span, that bit of resistance that questions whether to invest in an item that’s more complex than a natural disaster? Why is the media ignoring 200 missing girls? 2014-04-30T18:58:00Z Most writers worried about the attention spans of their youngest teenage readers hit various nails on the head a little too clangily. Leigh Bardugo Brews a Witchy Tale of Ghosts, Dark Magic and Murder 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z In today's short attention span world, we're going to share with our audience that your programming in this regard is unique and it's appropriate for today's short attention span. Nick Hornby gave up record stores for Spotify, cigarettes for vaping, and adapting his own books 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z For all their childlike wonder, most story ballets don’t cater to the average kid’s attention span. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet Revives ‘Cinderella’ at Gould Hall 2014-03-03T21:48:04Z A dream world for the short attention span crowd. Contemplating Art, and Its Sideshow 2010-06-15T12:00:00Z I'm certain that as she gets older, and the attention span is longer that she will enjoy reading the book. What's the time, Mr Wolf? by Debi Gliori - review 2012-10-04T11:00:00Z I want to continue to have something that’s not microwavable in a world today where our attention span is pretty much lost. How Kendrick Lamar Strives to Make Timeless Rap Albums 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z “I’ve watched the cycle happen a lot. But it’s sped up by social media, and people’s attention spans are so fast.” Los Angeles Restaurant Scene Is on the Move and Mixing It Up 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Both movies are directed by Steve Pink, whose strategy is to keep the momentum so breathless that the story outpaces the mental agility of an audience with a presumed attention span of zero. Review: ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ Heads Back to the Bubbles 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z It promises to skewer U.S. network television, the short attention spans of TV executives and an industry that Crane described as "ruled by fear, panic and second-guessing" of how audiences and advertisers will react. "Friends" star Matt LeBlanc happy to send himself up 2010-07-29T23:57:00Z What have become all-too-familiar 21st-century refrains — too much information, too little time and the diminished attention spans that result from trying to cope — have only grown more insistent through the decade. Music: Want a Hit? Keep It Simple 2010-12-31T19:49:03Z “We all have the attention spans of 3-year-olds at fairs,” she said. Frieze New York’s Intimate Art Fair Pops Up at the Shed 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z For publishers it has been an unexpected jolt: an industry that depends on people getting lost in the printed word is getting dividends from a digital app built for fleeting attention spans. How Crying on TikTok Sells Books 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s the end of entertainment, as attention spans shrink to the length of a YouTube video. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Ray Donovan,’ ‘Graceland’ and 32 Other Summer TV Shows 2013-05-23T21:48:28Z They typically last only a minute or less, to capture fickle attention spans — and to take advantage of Facebook’s autoplay setting. Hands and bowls and melty cheese! Why does every Web recipe video look the same? 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z "My fear is that we have such a short attention span," says Chuck Williams, a youth violence expert at Drexel University who's especially troubled by movies that depict "stylized" violence. Have Aurora, Newtown affected screen violence? 2013-07-16T22:27:49Z Is a mass breakdown in attention span a matter of intent? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When they don’t show, we go high 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “The man’s got no attention span … he loves a good game, loves the art of the deal, loves the theater of all this, but his worst nightmare is to win the presidency,” said Renstrom. Astrologers predict New Hampshire results: whoever wins will be president 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z In the age of the shrinking attention span, maybe that’s a disadvantage. Books of The Times: A Collector of Road Trips, Just Passing Through 2010-02-17T23:31:00Z Our attention spans have shrunk over the last half century. In Moving Images, Michael Snow Teases the Eye and the Mind 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Short attention spans rule, and the consequence is every musician's nightmare: an ambivalent audience. Rock in Rio: Do we really need another music festival? 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z With 15 years of drinking under my belt and an attention span my ex-girlfriend claimed was comparable to that of a bee, I was more than a well-qualified participant. “I think I remember saying no”: The sexual assaults were harder to get over than my drinking 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z “I have a short attention span, as you can tell from my work.” Dance Review: Brian Sanders’s Junk Infuses Choreography With Props 2014-03-11T21:59:41Z So if anyone from the service happens to be reading this, allow me to suggest that it considers implementing the only radical measure possible in this age of enfeebled attention spans and multi-screening. Roma, Benny Hill style: why film-makers hate Netflix's fast-forward button 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Those two companies together control an ever-larger share of the global attention span, and their growing reach can’t help but raise troubling thoughts in a movie lover’s mind. How Much Do You Really Miss Going to the Movies? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Don’t think of your average pinot grigio, with its crisp refreshment and short attention span. Try a charming red wine from Bulgaria for just $13 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Another benefit of returning to theaters: Cellphones are silenced and those with short attention spans are experiencing the silver screen distraction-free. Movie fans return to theaters, savoring the escapism and the buttery taste of popcorn 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z A lot of people don’t put time in to build their attention spans up so it starts to wither. Music’s New Marketing Tool: Video Games 2013-09-05T18:34:55Z Overflowing with political rhetoric and character sketches for two and a half hours, “Peterloo” requires a steady attention span. The Week in Arts: Martha Graham, ‘Ink’ and Let’s Eat Grandma 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z It’s a game that suits the pandemic attention span: a quick reprieve between meetings, a distraction while the governor announces new restrictions, a balm in weeklong election-news cycles. The Video Games That Got Us Through 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Hopefully, PBS will trust our collective attention span more when a planned second series of "Downton Abbey" is exported across the pond. TV Preview: Stately 'Downton Abbey' series comes to PBS 2011-01-08T00:52:04Z The American writer was master of the short sentence – a must for those with a comparatively short attention span. John Galliano: the books he should have read in rehab 2013-06-05T11:50:27Z Have you checked your hydration, nerves, attention span? Music: Playlist: Smash the Windows, Bang the Cowbell 2011-02-20T02:01:57Z I put down a disturbing number of books without finishing them, but this is mostly because I have the attention span of a fruit fly, not because they are bad books. Alison Bechdel: By the Book 2012-07-26T14:36:01Z Frick Madison is European art history distilled, and it’s a swaggering wager on the collection’s sufficiency and an audience’s attention span. The Frick Savors the Opulence of Emptiness 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Interest in subtle nuances is receding as our attention span shortens. A Gathering of Treasures 2010-09-17T18:00:00Z And the uncomplicated narrative structure is perfect for wine-sodden attention spans. Still a singular sensation: 'A Chorus Line' at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z Like most of the smartphone-holding planet, my attention span these days lasts about as long as a pop rock on the tongue. To make a cocktail with a surprise in every sip, start playing with your ice 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The rise of music videos often gets credit for short attention spans and jump-cut editing, but Mark Goodman says there’s more: advertising, movie soundtracks and even literature. MTV’s Original VJs: 32 Facts 2013-05-08T15:23:03Z Or maybe my attention span is simply too short. Four seasons, four stunning national parks 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z “Even low-level exposure can lead to irreversible damage, like lower IQs, antisocial behavior, and reduced attention span,” Oliver noted. Watch John Oliver and Sesame Street Sing About Lead 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z What they do instead is heighten, reflect and confirm the daily reality of an age ruled by interactive media, in which information is fragmented, attention spans are brief, and individual identity is fluid. At ?Malfi? and ?Bum Bum? in London, Active Audience 2010-08-12T22:26:00Z Where there are long memories, there are long attention spans. Critic?s Notebook: All Tomorrow?s Parties Festival at Asbury Park, N.J. 2011-10-03T22:40:06Z Evidently, she said, “people don’t have the attention span for that kind of thing.” The Hilaria Baldwin Story: ‘I’m Living My Life’ 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z It's a challenge for most museums to provide something meaningful for everyone since we all have different interests, knowledge and expectations, different attention spans and different ways we like to learn about things. Arts head: Jo Quinton-Tulloch, head of museum, National Media Museum 2013-04-16T09:26:29Z That a lengthy online treatise about shattered attention spans should manage to hold so many of them is ironic, it reflects wider concern. Jenny Odell on why we need to learn to do nothing: ‘It's a reminder that you're alive’ 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Can we pull that off against a villagey nature as our attention spans are in free fall? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can this friendship go the distance? 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z There are times, especially at the end of a workday, where my attention span is just shot. Here are 9 great Netflix short documentaries to watch for inspiration 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Can she bring its delicate sound to life in a place well known for devouring attention spans? SXSW 2015: Snoop Dogg, Sam Hunt aim to stand out in a crowded music field 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Or is it that the story languishes because our collective short attention span, that bit of resistance that questions whether or not to invest in an item that’s more complex than a natural disaster? Why is the media ignoring 200 missing girls? 2014-04-30T18:51:00Z “The attention span is so much shorter that even if someone does wear something over the top, everybody forgets two days later — which is bad for us designers, but good for them.” Front Row: Red Carpet Dress-Up Is Stylish Again 2010-12-16T05:50:05Z They're easy to grow, with a fast enough turnaround to satisfy young children's attention spans. Jack Monroe's radish, broad bean and mint risotto recipe 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Our attention spans may be shot by overwork and social media, but we're still reading. The new Elizabethan age: the arts, architecture, fashion and technology 2012-05-30T19:00:12Z This occasionally gives the show an almost prosecutorial pace, and suggests he doesn’t fully trust his audience’s attention span. Confessor. Feminist. Adult. What the Hell Happened to Howard Stern? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z As with my social life, my travel plans and most traces of inner peace, something destructive happened to my attention span this year. Audiobooks to Get You Through the Most Distracted of Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Our attention spans have become enfeebled along with our bladders, and anything that doesn’t help to arrest that slide could be accused of exacerbating it. Flicky leaks: when should you pee during long films? 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The challenge seems to be battling against his short attention span. Taika Waititi on shaking up Thor and being a Hollywood outsider: 'They take this stuff so seriously' 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s not necessarily that attention spans are shorter, he said, it’s that kids raised on video games are not as accustomed to more passive entertainment experiences. ‘Country Bear Jamboree’ at Walt Disney World 2012-10-20T01:34:03Z These require an ability to contemplate, incompatible with the short attention span of the age. The Winning Card at Auction: Expressiveness 2010-05-07T11:30:00Z The presentation was the latest in the Met’s line of family-friendly holiday offerings, abbreviated and translated into English for young listeners with short attention spans. Music Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ at the Met 2012-12-23T22:31:35Z The short film route is tricky, as attention spans for online content always seem to be shorter. How the end of the MTV era led to a music video renaissance 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Viewers don’t need a short attention span to enjoy short films. Short film “Sundays” goes viral, sparks Hollywood’s hottest bidding war: The age of the tiny movie with big ambitions is here 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z For those with an appetite for culture but a limited attention span, the tiny Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, just around the corner from Center Street, makes an ideal stop. 36 Hours in Anaheim 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Sport will have to respond to new technologies, the speed at which we process information and apparent reductions in attention span. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z It boasts the attention span of a gnat. Cannes 2013 diary: day one 2013-05-15T10:04:54Z Some film-makers have very cannily embraced the fickleness of online culture, turning the manipulation of short attention spans into art. Best short films on the web 2010-12-19T00:04:08Z “I was always surprised at their attention span, even at a young age,” he said. ‘Stranger Things’ Is Back, and the Duffer Brothers Made It Big 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z It's 44 minutes, twice as long as it takes to read a comic book, which is the attention span of the typical zombie fan. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 7: This Place is Dangerous 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z “Sanditon” moves with “Masterpiece’s” usual short attention span, with no scene lasting longer than a few minutes. Review | Jane Austen never finished ‘Sanditon,’ so PBS is happy to fluff it up and draw it out 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Intelligence tests are compounded by animals’ motivation and cognitive abilities, attention span, and how easily they are distracted. Animal Doctor: Vaccinations shouldn’t follow illness or surgery 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Doerr laughed off the possibility that these were an accommodation to the attention span of readers. For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “The Black Book,” written with David Ellis, is certainly built for the modern attention span. James Patterson says ‘The Black Book’ is his best novel in 20 years 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z For the nerdy, conscientious and borderline obsessive-compulsive, who nevertheless has the attention span of the TV generation, it's like torture. Gap-year travel won't broaden the mind ? it just turns the young into fantasists 2011-01-09T00:05:35Z Some pundits wondered if a popular series geared toward short attention spans would result in a generation that never learned to focus. 'We know we're more than a TV show': how Sesame Street made it to 50 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z We all have short attention spans these days. 3 Classic Novels. 22 Minutes. Why Not? 2011-05-23T22:34:30Z Such stamina is pretty remarkable considering fashion’s notoriously fickle nature and ever-shortening attention span. The Future of Fabric Prints Is Bright 2012-02-21T18:16:17Z Staying power defines a star in an industry with the attention span of a flea and the memory of a goldfish. How to stage a Hollywood comeback 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z When the meeting resumes, my attention span is being tested. Net neutrality, sex, falconry: In one week, I crashed as many D.C. conferences as possible. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z This is perhaps intentional – the information age provides the novel with much to mourn, including our attention spans. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart ? review 2011-02-27T00:05:26Z He appears to literally believe that he knows more about everything than everybody, despite his lack of experience, study, intellectual curiosity, or even normal attention span. What Donald Trump's tweets reveal about his mental health 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Questioning nearly everyone I knew on the topic painted a picture of a whole cohort whose attention spans have been shot to slivers by Instagram and the myriad tools built to siphon off our time. Don't fear the flip phone: My year of living archaically gave me back more than I lost 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to see this phenomenon as yet more evidence of shrinking attention spans. GIF porn: The new gonzo? 2012-12-09T00:50:00Z Covid has been with us long enough that it’s steadily showing up in books now — and good ones, not just the rushed-out clip jobs that try to capitalize on readers’ fickle attention spans. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z But perhaps if our attention spans are as short as this show thinks they are, we won’t notice. Review: ‘Life in Pieces,’ a CBS Comedy, Told in Vignettes 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z With an unapologetic crankiness, he attacks the digital age’s deficit of manners and attention spans. Critic’s Notebook: Broadway’s Laughs, From Nathan Lane to Bette Midler 2013-05-29T16:05:07Z The show assumes a somewhat more sophisticated viewer with a far longer attention span. ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Returns, Because 2020 Isn’t Scary Enough 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z A sense of drive-in populism — keeping in mind the comfort and attention spans of automobile-bound listeners — resulted in the decision to present a streamlined, intermission-less, English-language “Barber,” about 100 minutes long. Rossini at the Drive-In, as San Francisco Opera Returns 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Children with restless natures or short attention spans may find the movies in the festival too quiet and open-ended for their taste, lacking the constant, attention-grabbing high jinks they’re used to. Critic’s Notebook: Festival of Gkids Films at IFC Center 2013-12-19T22:40:06Z Gopnik has no confidence in the reader’s attention span, so recapitulations are constant; every point is made, made again, recast slightly, made yet again. Andy Warhol, Superstar 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z A recently published study from researchers at the Technical University of Denmark suggests the collective global attention span is narrowing due to the amount of information that is presented to the public. Got a minute? Global attention span is narrowing, study reveals 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Invisibility is definitely not among this show’s problems; overcompensating from the fear that it might lose an audience with a limited attention span is. Review: In ‘Beetlejuice,’ the Afterlife Is Exhausting 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The play, ingeniously mirroring our minuscule attention spans, consists of 57 scenes grouped into sections. A big 'like' for Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information' 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The smartphone, for all of its good, offers the ever-present temptation of the Internet to those with short attention spans. Donald Trump and the hobbling of shame: David Foster Wallace warned us about reality TV and we didn’t listen 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z But the overwhelming problem of finding love in the modern world has something to do with attention span and an inability to commit – and connecting with "Cherish the Love" requires a commitment. Romancing the music: "High Fidelity" and "Cherish the Day" find affection in their art 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z And as to the long, drawn-out clip problem, she added, “I have curated this exhibit to suit my own attention span.” ‘Total Art’: A new vision of videos at National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition By comparison, Kim's delirious action sequences look like they were shot by adrenaline junkies with short attention spans. 'The Good, the Bad, the Weird': A recklessly filmed Korean Western 2010-05-06T20:04:00Z The American attention span, we hear, is growing shorter. Looking for your next binge-watching marathon? Try 17 hours of opera. 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z After all, as any parent will attest, you rely on the attention span of a seven-year-old at your peril. Miley Cyrus: Can't Be Tamed 2010-06-24T14:31:00Z And obviously, as our collective attention spans continue to dwindle, 11 minutes might be the new half-hour. David Wain, master of shorts: “I’ve always loved the challenge of what you can pack into a small package of time” 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z But once I overcame my short attention span, the undulating, almost melodic delivery and metaphysical imagery proved to be charming and moving. The Saudi housewife who spoke out 2010-04-12T10:00:00Z The Met Gala was a prelude to an evening of after-parties that vied for the fickle attention spans of its boldfaced attendees. Jennifer Lopez, Michael B. Jordan and Emma Stone Keep Partying After Met Gala 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The concise online menu seems to be designed with TikTok attention spans in mind. Review | Lighten up, with the help of Japanese takeout 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z “For a Gemini who probably has about 15 to 20 minutes of attention span,” Mr. Richie said, “this is pretty darn good.” Lionel Richie Wants to Teach You How to Be a Real ‘American Idol’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z As we learn more about this family, the novel grows increasingly disorienting; though it seems purposeful, the more Em unravels, so does the reader’s attention span. New Fiction About Family Members Gone Missing 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “I wanted to play the Baroque card, but with a faster dramatic rhythm tailored to modern attention spans.” ?The Enchanted Island,? a Baroque Mash-Up at the Met 2011-12-22T15:38:19Z It’s an unusually serious and, to use a word the producers would probably rather not see, intellectual endeavor for television, one that doesn’t make many compromises for short attention spans. Television Review: Those Perpetual Bedfellows, Religion and Politics 2010-10-10T21:47:00Z To fit 13 stories into a book for an age group with a notoriously short attention span required that some be decidedly spare. Amy Schwartz, Who Captured Life as Viewed by a Child, Dies at 68 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Have modern attention spans contracted to the point where we prefer to listen in sound bites? Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z At times, the book feels like a historical epic for people with short attention spans. Jonathan Evison's 'West of Here' spans a century of Olympic Peninsula history 2011-02-10T00:25:03Z Twitter is Trump’s default expressive mode—more than that, one might argue, it’s the fundamental unit of his thought, and the outer limit of his attention span. The Politicians Who Love “Ulysses” 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z But in its way, “Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune” is completely true to everyday 21st-century experience: ubiquitous and intrusive technology, splintered attention spans, mediated presences and onslaughts of random information. Justin Vernon Joins Swamp Dogg and Big Red Machine to Wrestle With Love and Death 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Twitter, he added, is a fine place for a feud, as long as one can commit “time and patience and a proper attention span.” ArtsBeat: Hitchens on the Art of the Feud 2011-06-10T12:30:04Z Honoring the short attention spans of pop consumers, sets run no more than 30 minutes, even for headliners. Music Review: Warped Tour Returns to Nassau Coliseum 2012-07-22T22:51:26Z Oliver thinks that Americans have the attention span for his show, even though it has segments that run as long as 20 minutes and has no commercial breaks: Seven things we learned at breakfast with John Oliver 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z After watching “Relax with Sheep,” though, I am in awe of their attention spans. Don’t Fence Me In: The Comforts of a Sheep Video 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z While most media slave over high bandwidths and low attention spans, "A Prairie Home Companion" confidently, almost sleepily, uncoils its low-impact, folksy content over two full hours. The news from Puget Sound? Keillor and 'Companion' broadcast live from Seattle 2010-03-25T23:41:00Z Earlier, as a more marginal candidate, Gingrich often pleaded for his fellow contenders to refrain from criticizing each other while continuously poking the media and often indulging his sometimes wandering rhetorical attention span. All eyes to be on Gingrich at Iowa debate 2011-12-10T19:52:00Z So Friday File turns its three-minute attention span to that legacy instead. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The errors included a paucity of leadership skills, a childlike attention span, an inability to use a computer or to send text messages and a back-slapping penchant for the glib. Chicago News Cooperative: ?Celebrity Apprentice,? a Primer for Blagojevich and His Prosecutors 2010-04-09T03:30:00Z The momentum of “Johnny English Reborn” is sedate, its attention span steady and its running jokes allowed to proceed without interruption. | 'Johnny English Reborn': ?Johnny English Reborn? Stars Rowan Atkinson - Review 2011-10-20T20:52:35Z The best ally of the Amish in this situation is reality TV’s short attention span — before long they’ll be in the rearview mirror, along with ginormous families, pit bulls and the state of Alaska. Television Review: ‘Amish Mafia,’ on Discovery Channel 2012-12-11T22:46:55Z The average attention span for an 8-year-old is approximately 16 to 40 minutes. Perspective | My third-grader gets distracted during online classes. How can I help? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z I’ve thought a lot about attention span with the film because it went viral in a way that suggested it also really wanted to live online. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Girl Walk//All Day': A Conversation With the Director 2011-12-06T20:25:45Z Questioning nearly everyone I knew on the topic painted a picture of a whole cohort whose attention spans have been shot to slivers by Instagram. Don't fear the flip phone: My year of living archaically gave me back more than I lost 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z They said it's not going to work and that the audience does not have the attention span for it. Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Seventh Avenue thrives on our short attention span and cravings for newness. Rent the Runway means you can always wear something new. Should you have to? 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z “They say that modern man and modern woman have a short attention span,” he sings wryly during the opener, preemptively winking at the patience that inspired his songs and that they, in turn, reward. How Blake Mills became good at everything 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z My attention span, my capacity to engage and my willingness to ingest sorrow and violence also took big hits this year, and that redefined my tastes in ways that are hard to specify. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z At first I thought these rushes to judgment were satiric, comments on a culture of short attention spans and instant opinions. Theater Review: ?Seminar,? by Theresa Rebeck, With Alan Rickman - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:23Z Trusting in the audience’s attention span, “The Trump Card” is the equivalent of long-form journalism. Trump as theater: Mike Daisey's one-man show, 'The Trump Card,' delves into the Donald phenomenon 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z I was never interested, because I really have no attention span. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival Q&A: Whoopi Goldberg 2013-04-23T11:53:10Z Lacking an attention span, he is frustrated by any kind of instruction. Review: ‘Standing Tall,’ a Boy’s Encounter With the Law 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Short fiction can be a good match for short attention spans. Short Stories for Summer Reading 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Since the pandemic started, I have lost my attention span. I Watched ‘Fleabag.’ I Watched ‘Insecure.’ What’s Next? 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Stargazing: Heated Discussion On the second to last morning of New York Fashion Week, attention spans were thinning faster than Antarctica. On the Runway Blog: Stargazing: Heated Discussion 2013-09-12T02:05:50Z Wilson’s 15 short chapters, tailor-made for young attention spans, thoughtfully examine the roots of the feminist movement. Jamia Wilson’s Inclusive Guide Is ‘Not Your Mama’s Feminism’ 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Then we realized there really isn’t any backstage when it’s just two people . . . and we were frightened that no one has any attention span. Norm Macdonald’s show is still on. After an apology and explanation. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But how well will Civilisation play to today's flabby generation of microscopic attention spans? One man vs Civilisation 2011-02-05T00:03:00Z Leave it to Ms. Churchill to come up with a work that so ingeniously and exhaustively mirrors our age of the splintered attention span. Theater Review: ‘Love and Information,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Minetta Lane 2014-02-20T03:00:14Z And we ask if Google is making us stupid – or at any rate whether networked technology is reducing attention spans, devaluing memory and blurring the line between making online connections and forming real relationships. Thanks, Marshall, I?think we've finally got the message... 2011-07-23T23:06:16Z It’s anxious, fidgety music, as electronically splintered as the 21st-century attention span. Review: Jack Garratt Chops, Croons and Wobbles 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z But I’m not asking artists to capitulate to the demands of our ever-shrinking attention spans. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z He is still incredibly popular—it’s just that he works in a traditional format and appeals to a demographic with a fractured cultural attention span. Get Ready New York: Conan O?Brien is Back 2011-11-01T14:15:11Z We all have shorter attention spans these days, so do your best to reduce meeting length, Rogelberg said. Most workers hate meetings. Here’s how to make sure yours are productive. 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z There is a certain time, maybe once a year, when a confluence of astrological events and a to-do list that rivals the Constitution reduces my attention span to near nothing. ‘American Housewife’: Cracked women who will crack you up 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z That the job requires an extraordinary attention span and presence of mind is self-evident; the consequences for a mistake are fatal and existential. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z But in the process of streamlining Mitchell’s work to match the limited attention spans of today’s theatergoers Mr. Auburn has also pulled out all the teeth in “The New York Idea.” | 'The New York Idea': Love in City of Intemperate Mores 2011-01-27T03:01:13Z But I would urge you to keep in mind that seeing a film like "Killers of the Flower Moon" demands the totality of your attention span. Actually, I don't need (or want) intermissions during long movies 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z For some time now, I’ve seen the main challenge of engaging new classical music audiences — of all ages — as related to diminishing attention spans in an era of nonstop connectivity. Classical Music Attracts Older Audiences. Good. 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z It's the latest attempt to deepen people's attachment to Zynga's strangely addictive world at a time attention spans are becoming more fickle. With rewards, Zynga hopes to get you (more) hooked 2011-03-21T10:29:10Z I've tried to discourage him, put him in front of the telly, bought him toys with batteries to lower his attention span, I'm saving up for iPads and Wiis and everything. Child Genius; Agnetha: Abba and After – TV review 2013-06-12T06:00:04Z With a running time of just 65 minutes, it's perfect for short attention spans, but as a two-hander, that's also a lot of pressure. Spall takes hit play to West End 2012-11-16T07:38:05Z Another thing is yeah, I always gotta reinvent myself and come with something new because the culture’s attention span is very short these days. Q & A with Soulja Boy, who makes first Seattle appearance Friday | Concert preview 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z This is not to say that an Esquire editor who reads the literary critic Christopher Ricks for fun in airports has any plans to scuttle Esquire’s prized long-form literary tradition to fit Twitter attention spans. The ‘Esquire Man’ Is Dead. Long Live the ‘Esquire Man.’ 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z In Christy Wampole’s debut essay collection, “The Other Serious: Essays for the New American Generation,” the Princeton University professor addresses many topics, including attention spans and awkwardness. “Comment sections are brilliant and extremely relevant”: Christy Wampole on the awfulness of Facebook, the utility of “think pieces” and why you might be reading the Internet all wrong 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The biggest problem was my limited time and attention span. A BFF Takes On a DIYer (LOL) 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The Poirot mysteries, which initially seemed to me to rush by too fast and leave nothing behind, are, I find, perfect for a drunk reader with a decreased attention span. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z Do children have shorter attention spans than they did a generation ago? Prom 59: The Children's Prom 2010-08-31T12:18:00Z Actually, Julius was violent, irritable and had a short attention span. Oh, the power of papal portraiture 2013-03-12T15:28:35Z To satisfy your gnat-like attention spans, the arts survivor must "evolve", less like an artist and more like a primordial glob. Stewart Lee: If Damon Albarn is serious about the occult, shouldn't we call him Damien? 2011-07-09T23:06:00Z Sometimes class clowns are good students who just lack the attention span to focus in school. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But it remains to be seen if the concept will prove to be more than a novelty, and be able to arrest a child's infamously short attention span. Disney joins JAKKS, LA billionaire to bring toys to life 2013-01-08T11:33:05Z This included children being able to sit still for long periods of time, infrequently losing their temper and having a good attention span, as reported by parents in questionnaires. When dads are feeling a bit depressed or anxious, how do kids fare? 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z "Can this new cohort of housemates rise to the challenge of keeping us gripped six nights a week? In our era of shortened attention spans, they'll have to work pretty hard to do so." Big Brother returns: 2.5 million watch as ITV launch show divides opinion 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Researchers have long thought that our attention span was directed by only one neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, which excites neurons and causes them to fire electrical signals. Scientists find new evidence to explain how we pay attention 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Thomas has found it especially gratifying that the film has reached younger audiences and teenagers, whom she was told time and time again don’t have the attention span for a film like “ Oppenheimer.” For filmmakers, ‘Oppenheimer’s’ $900M-plus haul is an important moment for Hollywood and theaters 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Yes, Prime was so bold that he even challenged the conventional logic that today’s viewer has a short attention span. Commentary: College football review: Coach Prime has expertly delivered drama and become must-see TV 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The turgid nature of past propaganda is also getting a makeover: With the YouTube and Tik Tok generation suffering from shortening attention spans, North Korean editors are slashing their reports into faster-paced, bite-sized chunks. An unsmiling Kim: North Korea’s media step up their game 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z "The attention spans are not the same as they were a decade ago and even longer. Now, we want information quickly, and we want to be able to see things versus just reading it." Virtual reality brings new vision to workplace training 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z But a country of short attention spans has now seen this three times before and grown oddly accustomed to the spectacle. Trump Indictment, Part IV: A Spectacle That Has Become Surreally Routine 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z “My attention span doesn’t always match my curiosity,” he says, laughing. Louis Cato, TV late night bandleader, offers ‘Reflections,’ a new album of ‘laid bare, honest’ songs 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z It happens in restaurants because you get so distracted, and your attention span can feel like a hummingbird sometimes. Take a look behind those chaotic kitchen scenes on 'The Bear' 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z I'm 37 now and even if I play until I'm 40 - which I think I can - kids still don't have a big attention span at the age of four. Why I feel fortunate to have my daughter at Wimbledon 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Also, “I’m in competition with Twitter and your phone going off, not with other writers. There’s a way the book is playing with the attention span of the reader.” How Silicon Valley, Sylvia Plath and a killer work ethic inspired a novel like no other 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z What’s not expanding, however, is the attention span and disposable income of the average soccer fan in Southern California. Rose Bowl is poised to host a record-setting El Tráfico showdown with extra boom 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z “The gateway to entry just to not sound like a duck is about a year. And I didn’t have that kind of attention span to be perfectly honest.” Louis Cato, TV late night bandleader, offers ‘Reflections,’ a new album of ‘laid bare, honest’ songs 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z F1 excels at drama, cutthroat politics and backstabbing, but when it doesn’t translate into an exciting product, the attention span will be tested. F1’s predictable races risk turning off new American fanbase 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z My eyes, always, bigger than my attention span. Summer Reading 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z His attention span for policy is limited at best. The Policy Fights Where DeSantis Sees His Chance to Hit Trump 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Don’t let the short attention spans of others scare you off when A24 releases this one in theaters. With two essential films, Cannes finds haunting new prisms on the Holocaust 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z “Keep naps short and sweet. A power nap of 20-30 minutes can renew attention span and refresh the body,” the Napping Page advised. Jill Biden to go abroad to tout administration’s investment in broadband access 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “To make a truly informed choice in this current consent form, you’d need a law degree, a lot of extra time, and attention span to read the fine print of loopholes in HIPAA,” says Downing. Analysis | To become an Amazon Clinic patient, first you sign away some privacy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “The market has a pretty short attention span,” said Ron Temple, chief market strategist at Lazard. First Republic’s Shares Slide as Its Fate Remains Uncertain 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z People can be forgiving, our attention spans rival the life cycle of a housefly — one of the plot’s premises — move on. Review | In a sea of sad novels, ‘The Society of Shame’ dares us to laugh 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Chan School of Public Health, after reviewing more than 200 scientific studies, reported that temperatures can affect test scores and that poor ventilation is linked to fatigue and shorter attention spans. Collapsing roofs, broken toilets, flooded classrooms: Inside the worst-funded schools in the nation 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “When you cast a social media phenomenon, there’s an attention span that can be wandering,” Gordon said, laughing. ‘Praise This’ isn’t your grandma’s gospel film — and that’s the point 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z But first he wanted to broach the elephant in the cultural room — our society’s shattered attention span. Commentary: The best theater in L.A. right now? It's in Pasadena 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Do we fully understand the affects on our attention span, our psychological health, our body image, our children? Commentary: Sorry, TikTok. There's no such thing as a social media giant America should love 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z He doesn’t do social media or have a long attention span for Zooms. A mom wanted one friend for her son. Thousands responded 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The first driver of shallowization is technology, the way it shrinks attention span, fills the day with tempting distractions. The power of art in a political age 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z And when someone is sleep-deprived, attention span and memory also are impaired. The less college students sleep, the worse their grades, study finds 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z “But still, attention spans are short and in a state with tens of thousands of elected officials, developing a reputation that really sinks in and leaves a lasting impression is tough.” Rep. Lee planning to launch Senate run in Calif. this month, as rivals ramp up 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z I have no attention span, so I remember that being hard for me. Diane Warren remembers Burt Bacharach: 'Every songwriter idolized him' 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z But despite having the coordination of an awkward teen boy, four left paws and a 15-second attention span, Dax won this round thanks to his speedy exuberance. Spot vs. shelter dogs: Who will win the title of Goodest Boy? 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z People who wish to end gun violence may be passionate as well, but they tend to be more sporadic in their political engagement and limited in their attention spans. Column: Here's why Congress and our political system allow these mass shootings to continue 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z A sad commentary on attention spans, perhaps, but also a testament to the irresistible draw of the familiar. Rian Johnson’s New Old Show 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Because 2-year-olds are so young and their attention spans are so short, I would break the days into manageable segments. Advice | I don’t love to play pretend with my toddler. How can I enjoy it more? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Still, he found himself adapting to an age of shortened attention spans. Michael Snow, Canadian artist on a ‘Wavelength’ of his own, dies at 94 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “I never had much confidence in the attention span of elected officials for any kind of deep thinking about important issues,” he told the Law.com website. Alfred T. Goodwin, Judge in Pledge of Allegiance Case, Dies at 99 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Who, has the time, the attention span, the resources, the intellectual bandwidth any more? Review: In a funky Baroque opera house, Pacific Opera Project puts an immersive spin on Vivaldi 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z It’s the height of arrogance and cynicism, of course, to assume that you can just stonewall the voters, and that their anger will fade thanks to their short attention spans. Column: George Santos is trying to pull a De León. Will either of them get away with it? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The pings of our smartphones have shortened our attention span. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z With poorer reading skills and shorter attention spans, students are more vulnerable to believing fake news or not having enough knowledge about topics to identify misleading or wrong information, she said. How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z He's a guy who exploited our scattered attention span just long enough to rise to prominence. Why do guys like George Santos lie? I asked myself the same thing about my father 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Of course, Dottie’s attention span isn’t quite as long as her dad’s. Mukilteo man builds Lego T-Mobile Park with impressive details 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z But the broader point is this: We’re living in a time when not only do voters have short attention spans, but when the bar for what constitutes unforgivable misbehavior has been raised beyond previous imagining. Column: George Santos is trying to pull a De León. Will either of them get away with it? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Taken together, these stories have only amplified concerns that TikTok cannot be trusted with its power over American data and attention spans. How TikTok Became a Diplomatic Crisis 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Treated in isolation, they are quickly devoured and disappear into a neoliberal-driven image society dominated by a culture of short attention spans. Fascist politics, the return of antisemitism and the "disconnected present" 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z In many ways, Urdu’s poetic tradition gives it an advantage in the era of social media and short attention spans. Where Romantic Poetry in a Fading Language Draws Stadium Crowds 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z At more than three hours long, its run time could limit the number of screenings and test the audience’s attention span and appetite for repeat viewings. 'Avatar: The Way of Water' won't save movie theaters. But here's how it can help 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Over the last several months, as people were finally getting to see friends and family, taking trips and eating in restaurants, their attention spans began to wane concerning Covid risks. Covid Rates Are Climbing in Los Angeles, but Residents Are Weary 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z "For the human attention span to actually shorten would require change at a genetic level. This is nonsense," he said. Streaming TV shows are 21st-century 'cathedrals', screenwriting guru McKee says 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z In a world hellbent on decimating our attention spans, however, immersion in Proust offers significant spiritual benefits. Perspective | Proust’s death, 100 years ago, was an ending but not the end 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z There was only so much her attention span would do. Why Kerry Condon connected with the sadness and desire to leave in her 'Banshees' role 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z “Voters have a very short attention span, and they won’t remember it or think about it.” Backfire: Dems spent millions to get pro-Trump candidates on the ballot, and now they’re winning 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z She taught pre-kindergarten and found it impossible to maintain attention spans online. Online school put US kids behind. Some adults have regrets. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Political expediency, partisanship and a limited attention span are more important to a large proportion of Americans than revealing the whole truth about Jan. 6 and its implications. Did the Jan. 6 hearings even matter? Maybe to history — but they haven't turned the tide 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Go ahead and superimpose all of your paranoia about the death of the American attention span onto this song if you must, but then listen to it again. Review | What if Lil Yachty’s ‘Poland’ contains the meaning of life? 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says high levels of radiation can increase the risk of cancer, while high levels of lead can impact a child’s development and attention span. Radioactive waste finding raises worries at Missouri school 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The audience — its demands and attention span — are different. Perspective | Wine Enthusiast drops covering emerging regions but adds hard seltzer 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Studies show that caffeine can improve your attention span, vigilance, alertness and reaction time. Coffee vs. tea smackdown “Because the human attention span is decreasing, you’ll look for these technologies to save your life.” Hello, Fellow Car. We’ve Got a Problem. Let’s Talk. 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The broad goal of the changes is to make baseball appealing to the shorter attention spans of the age. MLB poised to add pitch clock, ban infield shifts starting next season 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Others noticed improvements in attention span and memory that could help with everyday tasks like navigating a city, Pitteloud says. Restoring a key hormone could help people with Down syndrome 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z While the attention span of a young person today faces more stressors than ever before, Cooper says the idea it is shrinking is probably not true. For high school QBs, learning playbook is a new form of summer school 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The probability that an individual attention span is less than 10 minutes. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z The probability that an individual attention span is less than ten minutes. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z The American people's attention span is so short. Alexander Vindman on Trump as "cult leader" and the line from Jan. 6 to Putin's war on Ukraine 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z As a kid, I loved them because they were easier on my less-than-impressive attention span, and I’m happy to see that graphic novels like “M is For Monster” exist for older audiences. 4 must-read summer YA novels, reviewed by Seattle-area teens 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z That s— was fun as hell to me, but now my attention span doesn’t allow me to draw anymore. Meet Brent Faiyaz, R&B's antihero: 'It’s not human to be constantly writing love songs' 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The probability that the average attention span for the 60 children is less than 10 minutes. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z The probability that the average attention span for the 60 children is less than ten minutes? Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z This doesn’t exactly suggest a knack for commitment or, frankly, much of an attention span. Twitter aims its most powerful weapon at Elon Musk: his own tweets 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Weakness, confusion and short attention spans will only strengthen Beijing’s view that the West lacks the resolve to deter or effectively oppose military aggression. Opinion | Biden’s scheme to cap oil prices reflects his incoherent Russia policy 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Mustering the energy — and attention span — for otherwise routine tasks like showering and paying bills can feel like a tall order. Millennial Money: 4 money moves to make before baby arrives 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Trolls have the attention span of a gnat. Opinion | Being trolled online? Here’s the best solution: Walk away. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z A requirement for sequential viewing and a serious attention span. Star Trek’s ‘Strange New Worlds’: In defense of episodic TV 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z For four decades, two inconvenient trends have pushed the sport deeper into the realm of something that must be endured to be enjoyed: lengthening games and shortening attention spans. Analysis | Baseball’s pitch clock experiment is turning skeptics into believers 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The reason she hasn’t watched more of it, she says, is actually more of a 2022 thing: “I just have, like, the shortest attention span,” she sighs. 'Fairfax is dead!': A TV show sparks an argument over an L.A. hotspot 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z When the committee holds the first in a series of public hearings in prime time on Thursday, its members will be fighting uphill against the short attention span of our political and media system. Opinion | The Jan. 6 committee has a narrow but priceless opening 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Or voter apathy, short attention spans and peripatetic news cycles. Column: 'We have to act,' Biden says. But he’s said that before. And the likelihood is slim 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z We dropped into the National Gallery of Art literally 15 minutes before close and that was perfect for the kids’ attention spans. How to have fun in Washington, D.C., on a shoestring 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z In the final months of his life, his attention span rapidly disintegrated … except when it came to coloring books. ‘Fighting the good fight’: How UW coaching legend Jim Lambright’s brain donation pays dividends years after his death 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Add in different personalities, energy levels, ages and attention spans, and there’s suddenly a raft of things to negotiate, all in the name of the common goal that everyone have fun. On Cape Cod Bay, a family vacation for the ages — all of them 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “Just think sixth-grader hobby and attention span. At some point I go, ‘Hey, am I going to be the greatest of all time at this? Jerrod Carmichael on coming out, his movie about depression and pandemic survival 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z He fears that with Americans' attention span at gerbil level that there is a chance that people will forget. Steve Schmidt: GOP strategist’s ties to Russia nearly led to 2008 presidential campaign “fistfights” 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z He rejected the notion that voters, whose attention spans can be short, will absorb a major Supreme Court reversal and move on by the fall. Midterms’ Biggest Abortion Battleground: Pennsylvania 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z For decades, legacy media defenders have claimed that audiences have short attention spans and are too ignorant for complex ideas. The death of CNN+: Legacy news media's failed quest to stay relevant 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z I have the attention span of a — what was I saying? Why 'Moon Knight,' a fresh twist on mummified tropes, still failed to catch fire 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z “We only have so much time and attention span. How do you get people engaged and get them drawn in?” How big companies kill ideas — and how to fight back, with Tony Fadell 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Another issue for shareholders is that new distraction for Musk is the last thing they need, given their CEO’s notably short attention span. Column: Is Elon Musk already looking to bail out of his Twitter deal? 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z That short attention span makes him an ideal customer for Twitter, but also a most unlikely savior. Opinion | Buying Twitter is one thing. Changing it? Good luck with that. 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Long before the writers get there, readers with short attention spans, appetites for clickbait or a hankering for anti-vaccine malfeasance will have stopped after the first three paragraphs on the front page. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What wasn’t mentioned about D.C.’s ‘pot-gifting’ businesses 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Will Musk actually have the cash and attention span to follow through on his proposed acquisition, and will Twitter say yes? Elon Musk Is a Digital Citizen Kane 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z And to think your addled attention span used to get by with Tiger and a little Phil now and then. Analysis | The dominance of Tiger Woods led to so much excellence, it’s hard to follow 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z But then the fickleness of our attention span kicks in. Opinion | Kim and Pete, or Vladimir and Volodymyr? 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z This brave new world is built on technology but still leaves room for old traditions — for violin lessons and, still more improbably, long attention spans. Review: Emily St. John Mandel gets back to the future 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z "I don't have the attention span/patience for this!" New UN climate report to tackle reining in emissions 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z She was hyperactive with a short attention span and often in tears. How 2 industries stymied justice for young lead paint victims 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z So, perhaps a curious question: How many casual attention spans can handle that? Analysis | The dominance of Tiger Woods led to so much excellence, it’s hard to follow 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Do we have the attention span to stay focused on the Russian descent into pure evil? Opinion | Kim and Pete, or Vladimir and Volodymyr? 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z As a species with relatively short lives and even shorter attention spans, humans struggle to grasp the long-term scope of an evolving emergency they will not live to experience in full. How Should Art Reckon With Climate Change? 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The show is too long; no, the show is too desperate to pander to short attention spans. Opinion | We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies. 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Philanthropy is known for its short attention span. Why ‘free college’ programs don’t always deliver on promise 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The whale watching trip is recommended for kids six and up — many younger kids often just don’t have the attention span yet. Family weekend explorations in Seattle this spring | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z My attention span is suffering these days, and even a moment’s pause sends me elsewhere. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: We got lost on the Beltway 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “It all feels super disconnected. And when we’re in the studio, the lack of attention span these days makes an artist think about writing shorter songs, instead of thinking about the art.” The great concert debate: Are cell phones ruining the live experience? 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z At the same time, he doesn’t seem to recognize that as attention spans have dwindled, the game of baseball has dawdled. Letters to Sports: In MLB labor fight, there are no winners 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z There is the eyestrain, sleep disruption, erosion of privacy, no work-life balance and a busted attention span. Ask Help Desk: How to never miss an emergency alert 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Worse, studies that show no correlation are unlikely to be reported on at all, because the human attention span — like nature — abhors a vacuum. The media has lost the plot on ivermectin 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z “Ulysses” was hardly written for modern attention spans, and Arroyo’s images provide a welcome respite in the Other Press edition. For its 100th birthday, 'Ulysses' gets a makeover from a late, great Spanish artist 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z There’s an entirely different way our tech could work, he argues, and a world in which our healthy attention spans could exist in tandem with our phones and social media accounts. Review | Our attention spans are suffering. Maybe there’s a way to get them back. 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z A lack of sustained attention span, seemingly not listening when being directly spoken to, easily losing things or being distracted are all indicators of adult ADHD, Tu says. What a diagnosis of ADHD means if you’re an adult | Provided by Seattle Anxiety Specialists 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The entertainment industry enjoys a public snubbing, but it also has a short attention span. Hollywood Glamour Is Pandemic-Proof at the Polo Lounge 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z A product of the attention span economy, her capsule pop songs rarely last longer than two minutes, but they pack in so many hooks that you never feel short-changed. PinkPantheress made hits from her bedroom - now she's won the BBC Sound Of 2022 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Whether that’s a case of dwindling attention spans or a tendency to seize the day after being continuously reminded of our own mortality is up for debate. Readers recommend 2021’s best books and explain how their reading habits changed 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z By 2018, when he was 35, his attention span had diminished and he had difficulty solving problems. ‘It’s Not the Ending He Wanted’ 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Keep in mind that kids have shorter attention spans and don’t have the same capacity for delayed gratification that adults have. Raise savvy savers with these tips | Provided by 1st Security Bank 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z “I have got the attention span of an ant when we are in the studio.” Astro, reggae singer and mainstay of the British band UB40, dies at 64 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z All the tech companies want to own not just your visual attention span, but your ears, too, and Twitch offers an audio-only mode. Oprah went on Clubhouse; only 23K people tuned in 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z “They might not have the attention span to focus on live plants every day.” The best, most realistic-looking fake plants for decorating your home 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z “People’s attention spans were diminished by orders of magnitude. Constant texting and Googling and taking photos completely altered public space.” Buskers bolster the Market soundtrack, but for how long? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Movie memes might even be the best way to capture how the art was originally consumed: with pinballing attention spans, every emotion undercut by self-awareness, dissected in a referential grammar made up of internet sub-dialects. Do the Memes Help the Movies? 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Given the limited attention span of the American people at large, this ploy may work. Will the mainstream media ever face its failure to tell the truth about Jan. 6? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z But the nation’s attention span can be short. 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID-19, another grim pandemic milestone 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Money managers and market observers don’t know what is happening in your portfolio, and their job typically involves trying to keep big-money investors happy despite the short attention spans those sharpies have. It’s an emotional time for markets; keep your feelings in check 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z "I think it suits my attention span as well." Phil Wang: I wouldn’t be a comic if I wasn’t mixed-race 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Look, I don’t know about you, but the pandemic destroyed my attention span. The new 'WarioWare' is the game for our attention span-starved, pandemic times 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, the FDA approved a video game to help improve children’s attention spans. A Yale doctor is using a video game to fight the opioid crisis 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z His short attention span made it hard for him to concentrate and learn remotely at home, she said. Hopes and fears as schools open their doors for new year 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Olympic organizers wanted something quicker that would appeal to limited attention spans. U.S. rugby sevens team hopes strong Olympics will boost its domestic profile 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z A few portray skeletal animal remains, but most are of abandoned buildings whose disrepair illustrates both inevitable decay and humanity’s limited attention span. Site long associated with tales of the paranormal is the focus of a decidedly earthbound photo show 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Programs like the proposed specialized schools “are a mixed bag,” she said, often channeling precious resources into tangential priorities, and rising or falling with the attention spans of their backers. George Clooney’s Next Project: A Public High School in Los Angeles 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z She uses this work to convincingly highlight how the daily routines at school — with its relative dearth of recess time — are doing a disservice to the development of children’s attention span. Review | Where does great thinking come from? Look beyond the brain. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z It weakens the immune system, reduces memory and attention span, and increases the likelihood of chronic conditions like depression, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The Pandemic Messed With Your Sleep. Here’s How to Feel Rested Again. 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z “It’s a symptom of accelerating trend cycles and shortening attention spans,” she said. From Mount Rainier stickers to Teslas, what qualifies as ‘cheugy’ in the Northwest? Local Gen Zers weigh in 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z “They need to teach every subject to students with little or no attention span.” Perspective | Why not first-grade algebra or advanced teachers in regular courses? 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The American people have short attention spans, are traumatized by the Age of Trump and the pandemic, and have been taught as a culture that ignoring bad things will make them go away. America urgently needs a real investigation of the Trump regime — or it will all happen again 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z In many cases, analysts say, the telecasts are too long for contemporary attention spans. Oscars Ratings Plummet, With Fewer Than 10 Million Tuning In 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Pérez, on Spanish television Monday night, had fretted that young people did not have the attention span for soccer anymore. Billionaires, Bluster and the Super League That Wasn’t 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The ceremonies, even if kept to a relatively brisk three hours, are too long for contemporary attention spans. The Oscars Are a Week Away, but How Many Will Watch? 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z The opposition, many in his own party and the media’s fleeting attention span all seek to pull Biden in a dozen different directions. Opinion | Don’t go wobbly, Mr. President. Beat the pandemic. 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Would the fallout from a dunk contest flop really be so long-lasting in our short attention span world? Jeremy Lin Talks N.B.A. Comeback and Anti-Asian Racism 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Republicans say the Democratic bet is a foolhardy one, both because of how little of the spending is directly related to the coronavirus pandemic and because of fleeting voter attention spans. Stimulus Bill as a Political Weapon? Democrats Are Counting on It. 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z “It’s got to be a lot shorter because of the attention span of kids,” she said, “and also people are a lot busier so they like things that are fast.” Pandemic prompts Grand Island library to create studio 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Still, sometimes the best course was understanding when to finish, as Raskin’s team did early Thursday at a time when senators, particularly Republicans, were beginning to lose their attention span. Analysis | For Raskin and the House managers arguing to convict Trump, less was more 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z “We were thinking about our own attention spans and people being cooped up in their houses. What would work well by yourself in your house,” said Pierson. One year after COVID shut it down, the SXSW Film Festival announces full virtual lineup 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Social media has gained new importance during the pandemic, but it can come at a high price for our self-esteem, attention span and even sleep. Senate votes to proceed with Trump's impeachment trial | First Thing 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z While her attention span is scattered, she presents her opinions with the unflinching conviction native to those whose social interactions primarily occur online. In ‘No One is Talking About This,’ Patricia Lockwood brings the chaos and comedy of social media to print 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z And he also triggered alarm among some American officials in the room with him, with one defence official noting that the president’s notoriously short attention span suggested a “squirrel careening through the traffic”. How Donald Trump's hand-holding led to panicky call home by Theresa May 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z But the national attention span moved as quickly as a finger pressing the Prime order button, especially with the demand for Amazon deliveries rising during the pandemic lockdown. For unions and Amazon, much is riding on vote in Alabama 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z The girls’ attention spans are short, and it’s tough to keep them from leaving their class to spend time with her or play with toys, Mayton said. COVID-19 pandemic takes social and emotional toll on Washington’s youngest learners 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z “I have a short attention span, probably thanks to how much TikTok I consume, so I know how easy it is to lose people.” Make way, sea shanties; TikTok's ingenious 'Internet Drama' has come for your socials 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z In a culture dominated by smartphones and defined by shortening attention spans, simple scoreboard hype videos and musical intermission playlists no longer cut it. Kings planning a new in-game entertainment experience and can't wait to show it off 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The television in his alcove dining room off the Oval Office was usually on in the background, catnip for his short attention span. Stripped of Twitter, Trump Faces a New Challenge: How to Command Attention 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z He didn’t have the attention span for anything longer; the double menace of racism and Covid-19, and then his father’s reappearance, had left him feeling vulnerable and agitated. The Composer Tyshawn Sorey Enters a New Phase 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z He realized he was spending far too many hours on social media and that his attention span was evaporating. Liz Weston: Life and money lessons from the pandemic 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Plus, the never-ending news cycle of the pandemic and the election has eaten up attention spans. Commentary: College football quickly learned how to protect revenues by risking player safety 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z The first is through his tweets, which took advantage of Americans' dwindling attention span by regularly packing memorable, punchy ideas into very small packages. Trump the fascist artist: How the MAGA crowd is motivated by aesthetics, not ideas 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z Americans didn’t have sufficient attention spans to grasp the full breadth of Mr. Mueller’s findings; surely they won’t bring much more analytical muscle to the Durham report. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z “Americans have, on average, a short attention span, especially on hard issues,” Watts Smith said. Black Lives Matter movement at a crossroads as Biden prepares to take office 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z “I have to keep their attention span, so let’s talk about designing shoes, let’s talk about a jersey,” he said. Clippers to release new City Edition uniform by Mister Cartoon 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The human attention span, however, remains limited, and news feed algorithms may favor selective exposure. Why Social Media Became the Perfect Incubator for Hoaxes and Misinformation 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Most important now, however, is that the budget deadline - the ticking time bomb –continues to loom, yet lawmakers’ current attention span is more focused on election campaigning than on budget completion. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Think about a kid’s attention span when picking a task. Halloween at home? Here are some tricks for making treats with kids 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z This spring, the network as a whole demonstrated a far shorter attention span for the crisis than its competitors, significantly cutting back on air-time dedicated to the pandemic. Top Fox News hosts told to quarantine ahead of Election Day as COVID-19 cases hit network 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z People complain that Trump has a short attention span, myself included. 'Deep down, he's a terrified little boy': Bob Woodward, John Bolton and others on Trump 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Eight months into this pandemic, I’ve read no books, completed no TV series and had the attention span to complete only two movies, both of which I watched in spurts over a week. Pandemic entertainment is designed for social bubbles. But what if you're alone in your bubble? 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The Steelers are throwbacks to an era of longer attention spans and slower news cycles, when granting the quarterback and the coach an extra year made sense and instant-gratification roster decisions did not. The Steelers Style Isn’t Old-Fashioned. Call It Retro Chic. 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Risk for delirium increases with age or previous brain injuries; symptoms include decreased attention span and memory issues. Perspective | Dementia is more than occasionally forgetting a name or a word 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Like everyone, my attention span is shot, my bandwidth reduced from a 14-lane highway to a narrow footpath. Debate organizers and NBC rewarded Trump's petulance. Guess who looks bad now 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z But when it comes to his own re-election he has an infinite attention span. 'Deep down, he's a terrified little boy': Bob Woodward, John Bolton and others on Trump 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Some of Trump’s patrons lost out to better-favored interests, to the chaos of his White House or to the president’s own fleeting attention span. The swamp that Trump built 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, it’s not a question Trump’s attention span equips him to answer. After Donald Trump's deranged balcony address, we're all gasping together | Marina Hyde 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z This helps parents find a developmentally appropriate practice for their kids, based on their preferred activities and attention spans. How to help young children get the most out of online school 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z While the Trump who emerges from Gates’s book has a short temper and a shorter attention span, Gates largely argues such traits are positives — attributes of an unorthodox politician, he says. Trump suggested naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016, according to new book by Rick Gates 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “My students are so young, their attention span is so short, it’s more embarrassing to do that in front of your own family.” Maple Lawn South works for this family 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Environmental campaigns, meanwhile, require long-term, dedicated attention spans. 'Our house is burning': student climate protesters urge their universities to go carbon neutral 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was no more complimentary, commenting privately that Trump’s “attention span is like a minus number.” Review | Woodward’s ‘Rage’ is a damning account of Trump’s cowering sycophants and enablers 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Anonymous describes Trump as ignorant, intellectually lazy and with such a short attention span all but impossible to brief. I read all those Trump tell-alls. Here's what I learned 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z “His attention span is like a minus number,” Fauci said, according to Woodward. Woodward book: Trump says he knew coronavirus was ‘deadly’ and worse than the flu while intentionally misleading Americans 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, is quoted describing Trump’s leadership as “rudderless” and saying his “attention span is like a minus number”. Trump knew Covid was deadly but wanted to ‘play it down’, Woodward book says 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top federal infectious disease expert, is quoted in Woodward's book as telling associates that Trump was a "rudderless" leader whose "attention span is like a minus number." “Homicidal negligence”: Trump admits on tape that he hid "deadly" threat of coronavirus from public 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Woodward also has Fauci saying Trump's "attention span is like a minus number" and "his sole purpose is to get reelected." Fauci tells Fox he 'didn't get any sense' that Trump 'was distorting anything' about coronavirus 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Erik Rasmussen, a Falls Church, Virginia, resident who has three children taking online classes and a fourth in college, said he regularly copes with computer glitches and short attention spans. Computer glitches disrupt classes as schools return online 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z In children, extremely fast-paced media are suspected to challenge attention spans. I Was a Screen–Time Expert. Then the Coronavirus Happened. 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Temper tantrums, poor impulse control, short attention spans, knowledge deficits, oppositional behavior, aversions to new things, too much time looking at TV or tablets or smart phones and related behavior. Man-baby smashes democracy: Daniel Drezner on our "Toddler in Chief" 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z “He has no attention span and if the computer isn’t playing Sesame Street he slams the laptop down,” said his mother, Jennifer Spiros. Special education students are not just falling behind — they’re losing key skills, parents say 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z “The teachers, they do their best, they’re very creative, they sing songs and read books — but a child’s attention span is just not sustained,” Guerrero said. As private preschools prepare to reopen, California's poorest kids are stuck at home 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z That's his impulse and it's been more or less kept in check, often by his own short attention span. Trump wanted a Portland-style war in Chicago — in a second term, he'll do it 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Perhaps, though, baseball — a sport that has wrestled with declining attendance, aging fans, dwindling attention spans and an ever-less certain place in the modern sports landscape — could approach this shortened season with an open mind. Embracing the Value in Scarcity 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z As White House insiders have shared, it is almost impossible to brief Donald Trump on important matters of national security and other concerns because of his attention span and inability to focus. Man-baby smashes democracy: Daniel Drezner on our "Toddler in Chief" 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z After the 10th time you read about Mr. Trump’s short attention span, your own attention is in danger of wandering. In Trumpworld, the Grown-Ups in the Room All Left, and Got Book Deals 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z "He's given pictures and graphs now because he doesn't have the attention span to listen," the congressman said. Rep. Swalwell on new information showing FBI spied on Trump: 'They were right to do it' 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of yak about how short stories are perfect for the declining public attention span. Short and sweet: the best stories to read right now 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z When your attention span is increased, many other positive effects tend to follow, Dr. Jha said. How to Find a Meditation App for You 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z He has a short attention span and is said to rarely, if ever, read intelligence reports, including the written President’s Daily Brief document prepared for him. Biden Criticizes Trump Over Intelligence on Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z With his short attention span, he is averse to learning anything at briefings if he finds the information difficult to follow, boring, or in contravention of what he already thinks. In Trumpworld, the Grown-Ups in the Room All Left, and Got Book Deals 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z It is hard to have any respect for a commissioner who has none for the traditions of the game, and who evidently believes that the attention span of fans is as limited as his own. Letters: Sports can be infectious, but it shouldn't be like this 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “This country has such a short attention span. I just hope we keep this in front of us until it’s fixed, and it’s going to be a long time.” How conservative and centrist business owners face — and cautiously embrace — protests 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z While the president is often accused of a short attention span, “when it comes to the politics of his re-election, he has an infinite attention span.” Bolton Assaults Trump From the Right, and Takes Fire From All Directions 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z “As our attention spans flee, ‘Finger On The App’ demands utmost devotion to a total absence of distraction: a game where you can’t do anything.” MrBeast partners with MSCHF to give away $25,000 as part of a massive one-time game 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z His learning curve would be almost nil, while his attention span may be a matter of an extra cup of coffee and a short nap. Opinion | Trump and Biden mock each other’s age. But it wouldn’t be a barrier to either. 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z How do you get a 6-year-old with the attention span of a squirrel to socially distance? Six Months of Coronavirus: Here’s Some of What We’ve Learned 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z He has a short attention span and rarely, if ever, reads intelligence reports, relying instead on conservative media and his friends for information. For Spy Agencies, Briefing Trump Is a Test of Holding His Attention 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z It is perfect for a splintered attention span that is suddenly plunged into a boredom so extreme that nothing in particular will satiate it. TikTok is the perfect medium for the splintered attention spans of lockdown | Sophie Haigney 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z “Obviously, the thing we deal with in TV is short attention span,” Mills said. Better baseball on TV: What MLB can learn from 'Bachelor' and 'Millionaire' 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z The zapping of our concentration and attention spans may seem anecdotal, but there is substantial neuroscience to explain it. We live in stressful times, a perfect moment to try to turn off and tune out 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z My attention span at home is a lot shorter than it is at school since my house was not created to be a school environment. Teachers and Students Describe a Remote-Learning Life 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “Finding ways to reach a large audience and kids of different attention spans is much more important now that they are learning from home,” Kelly said. Astronaut Scott Kelly offers coronavirus lockdown tips for keeping kids motivated to study 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z As a human with increasing worries and a limited attention span, the current situation is, at best, distracting. Finding motivation in the lighter side of science 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z I don't have the longest attention span, so I had to find new ways to get myself excited to write songs! Declan McKenna goes 'hyper-surreal' 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z My attention span is shot at the best of times. We live in stressful times, a perfect moment to try to turn off and tune out 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Trump’s short, toddler-like attention span has been a problem throughout his administration. Perspective | Trump has handled the coronavirus the way he handles everything: Like a toddler 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z She kept Future Nostalgia relatively short to hold listeners’ attention spans. Dua Lipa: 'You have to be made of steel to not let words get to you' 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Instead, politically it means encouraging what I have earlier dubbed "civic demobilization," conditioning an electorate to being aroused for a brief spell, controlling its attention span, and then encouraging distraction or apathy. Trump's death cult finally says it: Time to kill the "useless eaters" for capitalism 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z “The average attention span is around eight seconds, so you want to keep your thoughts clear and concise.” Working from home during coronavirus outbreak? Tips on how to stay productive 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The games are too long, scaring away younger fans with ever-diminishing attention spans. Curling considers new rules to speed up the sport 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Emmy voters threw up their hands and nominated eight dramas last year, a sign that, yes, there’s way too much TV — and it’s splintering people’s attention spans. 12 TV shows you'll need to watch to get ready for this year's Emmys 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Even as someone cursed with a long attention span, I required a break partway through. CatVideoFest comes to Seattle this month — here’s what our feline-loving critics (and their cats!) thought 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z They don’t seem to care about the ideology or character of their candidate as long as she or he isn’t a white nationalist with the attention span of an amoeba. After New Hampshire it's clear: Joe Biden's campaign is on life support | Richard Wolffe 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z |
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