The Attention Merchants¶
Wu, T. (2016). The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads.
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Primes¶
- Severed Accountability Via Unearned Revenue
- The degradation is the well-known engagement pathology: maximizing time-on-site and outrage because that is what the revenue tap rewards.
This sourceDocuments how advertiser-funded media optimize for attention and engagement (serving advertisers) rather than for the users who are the nominal audience.
- The degradation is the well-known engagement pathology: maximizing time-on-site and outrage because that is what the revenue tap rewards.
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