TL;DR: The Future of Attention for #AOIR11
# Has mediated culture changed to fit new regimes of attention?
# With an infinite number of channels, is it still possible to get citizens to talk about the same topic?
# How do marketers get attention when technologies, from TiVo to pop-up blockers, allow for filtering?
# Does the ability to work anywhere, thanks to mobile devices, break down the idea of attending to home or family within particular temporal and spatial blocks?
# How does a new disciplining of attention (or a lack of such disciplining?) affect learning inside and outside of schools and universities?
# Are “Lifehacker” and “Four Hour Work Week” just continuations of a long interest in efficiency, or do they mark a move beyond the workplace for such efforts?
# Is there a consensus regarding “multi-tasking” and “continuous partial attention” vs. task focus in terms of effectiveness?
# How do individuals create their own “situational awareness”? To what degree is our attention locationally based?
# How have technologies of social networking affected who we attend to and how we attend to them?
via TL;DR: The Future of Attention – a thaumaturgical compendium.
Categories: Group Mind Dynamics, Recognition Economy