Recent studies consistently report that the average attention span of GenZ has declined to just 8 seconds, an estimated 4 seconds shorter than millennials. The average attention span of a goldfish is 9 seconds, meaning that the teens of today have a shorter attention span than that of a goldfish.
Since the mobile revolution around the year 2000, studies have been conducted to record the decline in comprehension and attention spans. This research shows that the toll screens take on our brains may be greater than we thought.
This research is consistent with lived experiences in both social and school settings. Socially, GenZ has grown up with phones and social media for most of their lives. As a result of this, they are at risk of being less engaged with their peers…