IELTS Many today feel that attention spans are becoming shorter due to the prevalence of social media.

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Poor
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due to
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Social publishing Almost everybody in
this
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world probably has social
media
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. Some social
media
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is used to communicate with other
community
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communities
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, some are used for sharing products to sell, and some social publishing is used for entertainment. Social
media
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has quick access to connect with other people. You just type the message and send it to the person you aimed
.
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at.
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The person
that
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who
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receives the message can immediately reply to your message. The fast service of social
media
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nowadays made a new phenomenon known as poor
concentration
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.
This
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phenomenon happens for all ages, not only
young
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population or
old
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. Some studies reported that young folk in school have short consideration spans to give mind to the teacher who teaches them in class. Some students who use social
media
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suggest getting instant information from their account in less time than learning
term
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in school so that they can get the information quickly. They just can’t concentrate on their consciousness for a long moment because they
used
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to
pay
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thinking to something in only a few minutes. Poor
concentration
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also
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happens for adult in their
work
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. Some workers like to use their phones during
work
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and can’t pay attention to their
work
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for a long time. Their attention
usually
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distracted by the thinking of what happened on their social
media
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, what is the newest news that becoming a trending topic, or what is their idols or celebrities they followed
last
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update. And those, sometimes, will affect their
work
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as they can’t fulfil their duty well. The difficulty of keeping the mind focused caused by social
media
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made a conclusion that probably we have to reduce the time spent on social
media
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. It’s okay not to know any news quickly, and it’s don’t mind getting new information by more time-consuming in the classroom, because we
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need to have a strong
concentration
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for finishing
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to finish
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our job quickly, keeping our memory retention, and have strong focus.
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