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NEWS: Young adults are being bombarded with useless shit, hungry for indepth news

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By: , IntoMobile
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 at 1:59 PM

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While not related to mobile I feel this relates to a small number of IntoMobile readers, you know who you are, you have your homepage set to Google Reader. You know what RSS is and who invented it. You subscribe to anything on the net you find interesting. You complain that it’s hard to keep up with it all, yet you’re a sick twisted individual and do it anyway. You know who you are.

The AP did a report that basically says young adults these days want to read more indepth pieces, problem is they’re being hit with instant messages, email and more interruptions than they know what do with. There is actually a term for this now: “news fatigue”

Read the 71 page report [PDF] if you can, chances are you’ll make it to page 3 and then start browsing youtube.

[Via: The Inquirer]

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • graymer

    ha ha … you caught me.
    i had this “news fatigue” thing; then i unsubscribed from engadget. i’m all better now. :)

  • Raidium

    I tried to read it but ADD kinda has its… ow look, a paper clip… sorry, what was I saying? Anyway, I’m going to youtube. :D