An attention economy trap? An empirical investigation into four news companies’ Facebook traffic and social media revenue
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DOI: 10.1080/16522354.2018.1527521
Abstract: ABSTRACT Earlier studies and reports suggest that news companies have handed power over their traffic and news distribution to Facebook, and this is harming their business. This article, based on data analysis of four media… read more here.
Keywords: social media; traffic; news; news companies ... See more keywords
How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy
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DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2023.2186916
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper contributes to political economic debates on the digital economy and software production by attending to the ‘hybridity’ of economic forms in digital markets. It adds to a nascent literature on hybridity by… read more here.
Keywords: digital attention; economy; attention economy; modes valuation ... See more keywords
Review: Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
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DOI: 10.1177/1470412920936582
Abstract: Artist Jenny Odell joins a growing conversation about art and social reproduction with her widely circulated (2019) book How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. This text offers an exciting popular effort to articulate… read more here.
Keywords: attention economy; attention; nothing; jenny odell ... See more keywords