Could it be that we are currently in a media innovation and paradigm shift brought on by (social)…

One implication of a short public attention span may be that it’s harder to hold people accountable, says Lorenz-Spreen. For instance, he explains that it may be increasingly difficult for journalists to conduct in-depth research for news stories due to pressures to break news stories first, and the knowledge that news stories have a short shelf life. And any issued corrections or clarifications might be less likely to reach readers because they’ve likely moved on to other content by the time mistakes are noticed and fixed.

The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter

2.4K

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Simon

1 min readMay 6, 2019

Could it be that we are currently in a media innovation and paradigm shift brought on by (social) digitization that is trenchantly reaffirming our desire and need for a new and diverse(r) critical strata of gatekeepers?

Sign up to discover human stories that deepen your understanding of the world.

Free

Distraction-free reading. No ads.

Organize your knowledge with lists and highlights.

Tell your story. Find your audience.

Membership

Read member-only stories

Support writers you read most

Earn money for your writing

Listen to audio narrations

Read offline with the Medium app

Written by Simon

246 Followers

1.2K Following

No More Giants...

No responses yet

Write a response

What are your thoughts?

Also publish to my profile

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams