unit 9 disc 3

Unit 9: disc #3

1. Have you heard the (false) claim that “human beings now have an attention span shorter than a goldfish” and it’s all the Internet’s fault?
   1. To become familiar with this (false) claim, read through this set of extracts from news sites that reported the claim. (Note that the set of news sites includes the TV broadcast, NBC Nightly News; therefore, it wasn’t only Internet-based sites that reported the claim.)
   2. Now is also a great time to become familiar with the expression NB, if you’re not already familiar with the expression.
2. Take a look at the page of the “2015 study by Microsoft” that was responsible for (falsely) promoting the claim.
3. Lastly, read more recent reports from the Wall Street Journal and BBC that have debunked the (false) claim.
4. Go to the Unit 9: Assignment #3 Discussion Board and make a new post of at least 200 words in which you tell us
   1. whether you had previously heard the (false) claim;
   2. which news site that reported the (false) claim surprised you the most;
   3. which news site that reported the (false) claim surprised you the least;
   4. why do you think this (false) claim was reported so widely; that is, what is it about the (false) claim that made it so popular; and