[Stylist] Attention spans

[Ann Chiappetta]

Hi there-
Interesting topic. I usually read a chapter and then decide if I want to
continue reading it. The other  part of it is now that I listen to audio
books, I sometimes cannot listen to it if the narrator is bad. Elton John's
biography, ME, is an example of a horrible narrator. He did not narrate it
himself. The mouth noises were so gross I barely got through it. Lol.

Annie


Ann Chiappetta M.S.
http://www.annchiappetta.com
Making Meaningful Connections Through Media
Ann.m.chiappetta at gmail.com
Blog: www.thought-wheel.com
914.393.6605
"Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story."
- Neil Gaiman

-----Original Message-----
From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Vejas Vasiliauskas
via Stylist
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 2:09 AM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
Subject: [Stylist] Attention spans

Hi All,
I was wondering if anyone else has noticed their attention spans for reading
books are shorter with the increasing use of the Internet and social media?
I find that mine seems to have declined over the years. When I was really
young, Braille book and digital book availability were very limited, and I
literally read whatever I could get my finger on. 
Now I find that, with books where I feel the plot is slow-moving, I am quick
to move on. I need to be captivated by the first few sentences in a short
story (well, ideally, the first sentence) to get engrossed by it.
There's also the fact that you no longer need to read a very large book to
learn about an event in history: you can now just take a very brief (and
definitely less deep) trivia quiz on it.
I'm curious to hear others' thoughts on this! 
Vejas 
_______________________________________________
Writers Division web site
http://writers.nfb.org/
Stylist mailing list
Stylist at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Stylist:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/anniecms64%40gmail.com