From Infinite Bonds website's blog: http://infinitebonds.com/hello-world/
It has been reported over the years that a few studies completed by groups such as Microsoft have noted the falling attention span rates for both Americans and Canadians since some of their earliest studies dating back to the start of the 21st century in the year 2000. Short attention spans, in turn, are more likely to lead to shorter relationship and bonding connections in both real world and digital world friendships and love interests.
As of 2015, the average American or Canadian had an attention span somewhere in the seven (7) or eight (8) second time range, per Microsoft’s updated studies. Sadly, a goldfish was reported to be slightly better with their attention spans that were estimated to be near nine (9) seconds.
The same Microsoft study reported these statistical numbers by the age group surveyed after asking the following question to their survey respondents:
“When nothing is occupying my my attention, the first thing I do is reach for my phone?”
18 to 24 age range: 77%
Over the age of 65: 10%
Other social media studies have shown the following shocking trends as it relates to the choice of using one’s smartphone or other technological device options:
* A survey completed by Motorola of 7,000 people noted that over half (54%) of the people who responded admitted that they would save their smartphone before the family cat in the event of a home fire.
* The Motorola survey reported that 1 in 6 people take their smartphones into the shower with them, and 60% slept with the smartphones in their hands at night. The highest “sleeping with the smartphone in hand” percentage numbers were in India (74%) and China (70%).
* 53% of Millennials surveyed would rather lose their sense of smell than their technology, per a Socialnomics study.
* 1 in 3 survey respondents would willingly give up sex instead of their smartphone.
