[mythtv-users] [OT] Study proves skipping commercials make TV lessenjoyable

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday 14 January 2009 13:09:02 Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM,  <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> What about movies? Those are much longer than a tv show, and usually
> >> don't have breaks.
> >> Would this suggest that we'd enjoy a movie more if we watched it on ABC
> >> or CBS vs if we watched it on HBO?
> >
> > I think that is exactly what they showed.
>
> According to the article, they showed that a bunch of college students
> have a short attention span.  They might get very different results if
> they test a different age range.

Most college students I know seem to be able to spend many many hours 
continuously playing video games, so they would seem to have a long attention 
span, for certain things, usually not classroom material though.

I recall hearing a couple fo students complaining that they were flunking 
courses because they "just didn't have time to study". They then launched 
into a 40 minute discussion of their progress and prowess at WoW. I tried 
pointing out that there might be a connection between those two topics of 
discussion, to no avail of course.


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