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The ecology of attention 9781509503735
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Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit. In this new book, cultural theorist Yves Citton goes against the tide of these standard laments to offer a new perspective on the problem of attention in the digital age. Phrases like \'paying attention\' and \'investing one\'s attention\' attest to our mistaken belief that attention can be conceptualized in narrow economic terms. We are constantly drawn towards attempts to quantify and commodify attention, even down to counting the number of \'likes\' a picture receives on Facebook or a video on YouTube. By contrast, Citton argues that we should conceptualize attention as a kind of ecology and examine how the many different environments to which we are exposed from advertising to literature, search engines to performance art condition our attention in different ways.In a world where the demands on our attent
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Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit. In this new book, cultural theorist Yves Citton goes against the tide of these standard laments to offer a new perspective on the problem of attention in the digital age. Phrases like \'paying attention\' and \'investing one\'s attention\' attest to our mistaken belief that attention can be conceptualized in narrow economic terms. We are constantly drawn towards attempts to quantify and commodify attention, even down to counting the number of \'likes\' a picture receives on Facebook or a video on YouTube. By contrast, Citton argues that we should conceptualize attention as a kind of ecology and examine how the many different environments to which we are exposed from advertising to literature, search engines to performance art condition our attention in different ways.In a world where the demands on our attent
Dit artikel bestel je voordelig 2e hands op studystore.nlIn goede staat, snel in huis én gratis thuisbezorgd. Toelichting:De prijs in deze advertentie is gebaseerd op onze laagste 2e hands prijs (OP=OP).Zodra een 2e hands boek op is, kan het voorkomen dat je op Studystore het boek alleen nog nieuw kunt bestellen.