Is there a choice or is it the system that organise or constrain behaviours? A platform learns what you keep watching. Feeding attention?
Attention gatekeepers? A study from 2024, on algorithmic attention argues that platforms such as Amazon acts as attention gatekeepers, that platforms may profit from users by directing attention toward paid or self-serving content, rather than what is relevant to users.
A review of short-form video use from 2025 reviewing 71 studies and almost 100,000 participants found that greater short-form video use show association with poorer attention and inhibitory control (ability to resist impulses) and more stress and anxeiety. Ths study did not find asscoications with body image or self-esteem.
A recent Indonesian study found that more short-form video consumption was associated with poorer attention and language comprehension, causation not established.
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