It's hard not to see this phenomenon as yet more evidence of shrinking attention spans ... to two-second animated images. But Alptraum doesn't see it so bleakly: "For me, GIFs aren't so much ...

It’s 2016, and the rise of the meme has catapulted the animated GIF into the public eye ... and — best of all — it’s built for a shorten attention span. Video looping services such ...

He also believes marketers can use this phenomenon to their advantage by accepting our seriously limited attention spans and giving ... to incorporate video, GIFs and animation into your content ...

(CBS/AP) Who lives in a pineapple under the sea - and is potentially ruining your kid's attention span? A new study says ... paced" cartoon "featuring an animated kitchen sponge," or a slower ...

Twitter destroyed the world's attention span, but grew a legion of concise ... Twitter became known for the 7-word GIF. GIFs needn't actually have any words, they can irritate all by themselves.