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Attention and its Crisis in Digital Society (Hardcover)
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Attention and its Crisis in Digital Society (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
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In the context of debates surrounding the effects of new
technologies on our mental faculties, particularly the attention
span, this volume addresses the notion of a deterioration of
attention, and the related ideas of cognitive overload, an
inability to concentrate, and attention deficit disorder. Through a
new conceptualization of attention based not on individualistic or
universalistic approaches, but centered instead on the cultural and
social variability of cognitive processes and the multiplicity of
forces and environments that encourage, stimulate, and inhibit
certain cognitive mechanisms, the author rejects the idea of a
degradation or crisis of attention and proposes an alternative
vision of the problem of attention in contemporary societies.
Placing cultural conventions, social norms, and ecological
environments at the forefront of our understanding of individual
and collective attention, Attention and its Crisis in Digital
Society will appeal to scholars of sociology, psychology, and
philosophy with interests in social theory, cognitive processes,
and the criticisms often levelled at digital society and new
technologies.
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