I fully agree with all of the above mentioned points! Something else that I think people take for granted is Twitter and their 140 character limit. Thanks to the digital age people are absorbing information faster and from so many different sources, which is great! But that also means we have so much more to distract us, by pandering to these 'short attention spans' I think not everyone provides as much information as they could have in the past. Newspaper articles use a similar tactic, but it's mostly to hook you into the article. Now, it's JUST the 'hook' and then the story is over. Instead of just providing in depth coverage for as much relevant information as possible, it's just a steady barrage of 1 line 'news updates'.