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Cover: 9783030415341 | Vanity Fairs | Another View of the Economy of Attention | Georg Franck

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Beschreibung

This book offers readers a comprehensive introduction to the economy of attention from the perspective of the basic motive of the pursuit of attention: self-esteem. As a jumping-off point, it states the stark equation at the heart of this economy¿ that the self-esteem one can afford depends on one¿s income of appreciative attention. The information markets in which participants compete to play a role in the consciousness of others are described as ¿vanity fairs¿. Since the pursuit of self-esteem is highly effective when it comes to mobilizing human energies, vanity fairs are not just playgrounds of individual passions, but have been utilized by society since time immemorial as markets for particularly challenging demands.
Starting with an analysis of the interface that connects the social economy of attention with the intra-psychic economy of self-esteem, the book then examines two main cases in point: modern science and the post-modern media culture. On the one hand we have scientists working for a ¿wage of fame¿, who invest their own attention into getting the attention of others. On the other, today¿s dominant media have left the sale of information behind to focus solely on the attraction of attention, which is sold as a service to the advertising industry. In each case the use of attention as a means of payment is key to its phenomenal success. But success comes at a price: the dark side of this monetization of attention is a kind of ¿climate change¿ in the collective mental sphere which threatens the very existence of our social fabric.

Über den Autor

Georg Franck studied philosophy, economics and architecture and obtained his PhD in economics. In 1974 he became a practising architect and urban designer. In addition, he was active in software development, producing a planning information system which has been marketed since 1991. His theoretical interests asserted themselves against the hustle and bustle of the start-up scene. His work on philosophy and economic theory, rather, merged into the concept of the economy of attention, which he introduced in 1993. Continuing his parallel interests, he changed track from business to academia. From 1994 - 2015 he held the Chair of Digital Methods in Architecture and Planning at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, where his research focused on the economy of attention within the field of science, on the constituents of architectural quality, on algorithmic support of creative design, on the modelling of the city as a process, and the concept of an 'urban commons' as a reorganization of urban design according to the principles of peer-to-peer and open source. In 2004 he was appointed to teach attention economy, consciousness studies and philosophy of time as general education subjects at his university.

Zusammenfassung

Traces our epochal move from an economy of things to an economy of attention

Presents two essential case studies on modern science and post-modern media culture

Describes vanity fairs as information markets in which people compete for attention in the pursuit of self-esteem

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Competition in the Service of Self-Esteem.- The Emergence of Canons.- Scientific Communication: A Vanity Fair?.- The Economy of Attention in the Age of Neoliberalism.- Deconstruction and the Fusion of Culture and Commerce.- Social Media and the Ecology of Emotion.- Moral Elegance: An Ethics Tailored to Vanity Fairs?.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Fachbereich:	Volkswirtschaft
Genre:	Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	144
Inhalt:	x 132 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 132 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783030415341
ISBN-10:	3030415341
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Franck, Georg
Auflage:	1st ed. 2020
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Maße:	235 x 155 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Georg Franck
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.04.2021
Gewicht:	0,23 kg

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