RESOURCES
DESIGNING ORGANIZATIONS FOR AN IN FORMATION-RICH WORLD
– by Herbert A. Simon (1971)
Stand out of our Light
– Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy by James Williams (2018)
The Attention Economy and the Net
– by Michael H. Goldhaber (1997)
Hacking the Attention Economy
– by danah boyd (2017)
Watch To Donate
– "Bridging the gap between performative and tangible activism"
TECHNOPOLITICS
– Check out their events in Vienna.
The Umami Theory of Value: Autopsy of the Experience Economy
– by Nemesis (Emily Segal & Martti Kalliala)
The Unlikely Odds of Making it Bit on TikTok
– by The Pudding
spheres
– Journal for Digital Cultures
Between Commerciality and Authenticity: The Imaginary of Social Media Influencers in the Platform Economy.
– By Arriagada, Arturo, and Sophie Bishop
The Sharing Economy: Rhetoric and Reality
– By Schor, Juliet B., and Steven P. Vallas
Yesterweb
– The Yesterweb is made up of people who've come together in recognition that something is wrong with the internet, a space that changed before our eyes.
Sadgrl
– A manifesto about how the internet changed and what we can do to transform it
The Attention Economy Why do tech companies fight for our attention?
– Learn about the economic factors and larger systems that drive tech companies to sell your attention and behavior to advertisers.
Field of Vision - Like
– In our current world, where worth is often gauged by online popularity, an online economy has developed for paying for followers and likes. With unique access inside the “click-farms” of Bangladesh, Garrett Bradley explores this multi-million dollar industry that has developed to grow social media following for celebrities and brands alike. Directed by Garrett Bradley
The ‘like’ economy: Who are behind the illicit click farms shaping your social media feeds?
– by MADE IN CHINA JOURNAL
'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
– Article by by Paul Lewis
Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen
– Article by Johann Hari
Anatomy Of A Lie: Top 5 Notorious South Asian Click-Farms
– Article by Disha Misal
Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction
– Article by Bhargava, Vikram R., and Manuel Velasquez