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December 31, 2009

Jessica Helfand on NPR: The Future Of ‘Short Attention Span Theater’

From NPR

“We’ve been looking at how technology has totally changed what it means to watch television or a movie. One of the biggest changes has been in demand — people want a baseball game — on their smartphone, wherever they are, right now. They want to pull up a video and stream it — on their laptop or phone, immediately, with no wait. 

So, where is all this going? If the younger generation is demanding this much from their screens today, what will things look like in a few decades? Jessica Helfand, author of Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media and Visual Culture, tells NPR’s David Greene that it’s a worrying trend.”

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