Image Overload: Continuous Partial Attention

Exposed to a Deluge of Digital Photos, We’re Feeling the Psychological Effects of Image Overload

The Conversation | February 10, 2016

Twenty-four percent of U.S. teens say they’re online “almost constantly.” Now much of that time, it seems, is spent incessantly compiling and navigating vast collections and streams of images.
In a 2014 survey, the photo sharing app Instagram supplanted Twitter as the social media platform considered “most important” by U.S. teens.
These results stayed the same for 2015, confirming just how crucial image sharing and consumption have become to young people’s everyday online experiences. Not surprisingly, Facebook and Twitter have since become more image-driven. And Snapchat – which enables users to create and share ephemeral photographs and short videos – is one of the fastest-growing social networks.

"Weapons of mass distraction". Source: http://tdavidbeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/paying-continuous-partial-attention-to.html

<more at https://theconversation.com/exposed-to-a-deluge-of-digital-photos-were-feeling-the-psychological-effects-of-image-overload-52562; related links: http://lindastone.net/qa/continuous-partial-attention/ (Continuous Partial Attention. What is continuous partial attention? February 7, 2011 [rev.]) and http://tdavidbeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/paying-continuous-partial-attention-to.html (Paying "continuous partial attention" to people. June 21, 2012)>