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| Zig-zagging through the night... |
Basillia: Rough night.
Samantha: Didn’t sleep?
Basillia: Channel surfed.
Samantha: You zap?
Basillia: (Shrugs) I zigzag
like a Zygoptera.
Samantha: Excuse me?
Basillia: Dart like a damsel
fly. But never zero in.
Samantha: Hmm. You surf
other media?
Basillia: Sure. Newspapers,
magazines, books. I surf my Kindle. And music on my iPod too.
Samantha: A zany zapper.
Basillia: It’s my New York
attention span. And Gen X is conditioned that way. I surf people’s faces, shop
windows and car license plates.
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Voice-over
Channel surfing arose from people’s TV behavior as remote controls became widely-used
in the mid 1980s. A strong explanation for the behavior sees it as linked with
inattentiveness and laziness. But a weaker explanation could merely be that
it’s a search pattern or a relaxing routine. It may be driving a pattern of
shortened attention spans, and it could also intensify sleeplessness…
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