For a lot of teens, watching tv isn’t necessarily boring-it’s just too slow. Scrolling through short videos feels easier and more fun.
Teens opening up TikTok, Instagram, or even YouTube and scrolling away is more popular than turning on the TV and watching an episode. In fact, short videos have started to take over the place of traditional TV for a few reasons.
A big advantage of short videos is that they require less time compared to TV series video clips. In reality, teens are always busy either attending schools, learning, participating in sports, and hanging out with friends.
As a result of this extended timeframe, the viewing process of a whole television episode may seem like too much to undertake and may end up being a waste of time altogether.
Watching these shorts will not only take a while and require no effort at all, but the teenager will also be able to view them while taking a break, waiting for something, or even before bed.
Other possible reasons why the short video is preferred by teens are the fact that the content is more personal and relatable. The applications, like TikTok, display videos according to what the users have viewed and liked. With that, teens are able to view videos that will relate to what they are interested in, for instance, sports videos or jokes about school, or stories about everyday life.
Every day, TV shows do not change based upon who is watching them, so this can make them feel less intriguing and relatable.
Short clips can give a more realistic feel to teenagers. Many creators speak directly to the camera and provide opinions or experiences throughout their day. This might make viewers feel they are tuning into a friend and not actors on a scripted show.
Teens relate more to those showing honesty and likeness to themselves, and that is not always what they get from TV shows.
Finally, short videos give teenagers more control over what they watch. If a video is not of their interest, they simply just scroll past it. With TV shows, viewers have to wait for the story to get interesting. Freedom to choose what to watch without having to spend time on it is pleasing to them.
In all, short videos take over TV shows among the teen population because they take not so much time to see, are more relatable, and, finally, can fit into everyday life more suitably.
