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Multitasking And Social Issues

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Johnson is not describing viewers of shows 30 years ago as caveman who need help upgrading from stone tools, as Dana Stevens would have us think. He is addressing the population’s ability to make sense of the world we live in. The mental participation needed for more complex TV shows and multiple storylines can help us form the cognitive abilities we need in our world today. We no longer have access to one line of information but many such as corporate owned news broadcasts as well as personal accounts online. Making sense of this information, analyzing the truth of it by looking at who it’s coming from, and processing it all requires the ability to handle complex thinking. Multitasking and social issues place demands on our minds every day.

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