noun

1. a cartoon created from the casestudy process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a specific person, group, or situation over a period of time.

2. a cartoon rendering of a particular occurrence of something used or analyzed in order to illustrate a thesis or principle.

verb

1. a process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a specific person, group, or situation over a period of time... presented in cartoon format. Because, attention span.

1 – According to various legitimate sounding sources on the internet, the average attention span of humans has reduced from around 12 seconds in the year 2000 to around 8 seconds now.  You might be interested to know that the attention span of a gnat is 0 seconds (and it has no memory) while the attention span of a goldfish is 9 seconds.