I saw a director talking about this. She said they call it second screen content. Apparently they’ve done research that shows people are looking at their phones, lose the plot, and then shut it off.
I feel like the solution is movies that aren’t shit and cause people to get bored enough to grab the phone. Making it repetitive seems like a way to guarantee people will stop paying attention in the first place.
Yeah they keep framing this as if the phones are the problem rather than the mediocre at best slop they keep producing. Half of my Netflix usage is something I put some very mildly interesting slop in the background while doing something else like eating lunch or cleaning. When the show/film is actually engaging I’m glued to the TV screen and forget about my phone.
I saw a director talking about this. She said they call it second screen content. Apparently they’ve done research that shows people are looking at their phones, lose the plot, and then shut it off.
I feel like the solution is movies that aren’t shit and cause people to get bored enough to grab the phone. Making it repetitive seems like a way to guarantee people will stop paying attention in the first place.
Yeah they keep framing this as if the phones are the problem rather than the mediocre at best slop they keep producing. Half of my Netflix usage is something I put some very mildly interesting slop in the background while doing something else like eating lunch or cleaning. When the show/film is actually engaging I’m glued to the TV screen and forget about my phone.