I’m not sure if it was just me, or maybe I was just too focused on the midterm, but this week’s Module was INCREDIBLY dense and, as a result, a bit difficult to follow! Hoping I understood correctly, let’s start with of our readings about our society going from an information economy to an attention…
Lankshear and Knobal talk about how the attention economy is a new kind of economy that is emerging with the rise of technology. Goldhaber says that “attention, unlike information, is inherently scarce,” this is true because there is information every where we look but our attention is something that has to be given to another…
One quote from Lankshear and Knobel’s Attention Economy in particular resonated with me. I had the hardest time absorbing the information from this article, but I felt that it warranted a mention in my summary. According to the text, “Goldhaber envisages two ‘classes’ within the attention economy. These are ‘Stars,’ who have large…
As I begin my discussion of Module 3: Attention, I cannot refrain from touching on the recent atrocities that have captivated media attention on a global scale. On June 9th, 22 year old singer and former The Voice contestant, Christina Grimmie was shot dead by a deranged fan while signing autographs and posing for pictures. …
In reading through the article, “Do We Have Your Attention?” by Lankshear, C and Knobel, M (2001); it brought to my attention (no pun intended) how critically important attention is for learning environments. Structures that once kept students attentive to teachers such as tests, and texts are being challenged both directly, and indirectly. Due to…
Module 3 has deepened my understanding of how media is a representation of society, how senders and receivers of information use attention, and how attention, power, and visibility are all connected. Media is a representation, not a reflection, of society because, it sets agendas and chooses content to focus on. Agenda setting theory proposes that…
The media seems to be blamed for quite an amount of societal issues. While, many writers blame the media for neglecting poverty and its existence. Sternheimer connects social problems and popular culture, and believes the media is to blame. Chapter 5, in the textbook compares media violence to real violence.…
After reading the pdf written by Lanshear and Knobel, Michael Goldhaber on the ‘Attention Economy‘. I would like to agree that our economy is focusing more on the attention aspect rather than the information. When I think of this idea, I think about all the companies and all their advertisements. The authors mentioned how information gets moved around the internet…
After the reading and videos, I came to the conclusion that we, as a society, turn our eyes to the poverty stricken, the low income, and poor families in our country as a whole. We tend to believe as if it’s not there and when we see it, we tend to whip it from our…
This article really addresses the economic inequalities that our nation is facing today. However, instead of speaking about why or how the issue of poverty is still so prevalent in our society, or even the hardships that lower income people are facing. Instead the article talks about the lack of representation of “poor people” in…
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