What happens to kids' brains when they binge TikTok's endless stream of bite-sized videos?

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

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    11 months ago

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

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

    • jmp242@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Not weird. I generally hate videos for stuff that I just need some basic reference on. Where I find them useful is for visual stuff (obviously) that I’m less familiar with. For instance, if I need to twiddle with Windows Server 2022 to do something, I find text by far the best, because I do not need to see how to click on the start menu.

      If I need to replace the AVR on a portable generator, the video is very helpful.

    • Neirin@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

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

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      11 months ago

      100% agree, if those TikTok videos, deliver the same bit of valuable info that you are looking for compared to a 10 min or longer video filled with whatever Sponsorblock blocks I fail to see how shorts media is the culprit here.