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Articles tagged attention (12)

“Because journalism is not The New York Times, or BuzzFeed, or the Miami Herald. When you strip everything down to its essential function, journalism is a system for collecting, synthesizing, verifying and distributing news. Everything else is just form.”
The appeal of Twitter for reporters is well known, but it’s worth spelling out: The benefits we get from it, real as they are, come at the cost of constant partial attention, all day and all night.
The veteran technology commentator argues that a better understanding of how we connect our attention and intentions online can help individuals and society.
The divide between most-saved content and most-returned-to content says a lot. Megan Garber
Images can convene attention; they can also distribute it.
November 22, 2010
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June 16, 2010