Attention and its Crisis in Digital Society

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-12640-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Sociology

In the context of debates surrounding the effects of new technologies on our mental faculties, particularly the attention span, this volume addresses the notion of a deterioration of attention, and the related ideas of cognitive overload, an inability to concentrate, and attention deficit disorder. Through a new conceptualization of attention based not on individualistic or universalistic approaches, but centered instead on the cultural and social variability of cognitive processes and the multiplicity of forces and environments that encourage, stimulate, and inhibit certain cognitive mechanisms, the author rejects the idea of a degradation or crisis of attention and proposes an alternative vision of the problem of attention in contemporary societies. Placing cultural conventions, social norms, and ecological environments at the forefront of our understanding of individual and collective attention, Attention and its Crisis in Digital Society will appeal to scholars of sociology, psychology, and philosophy with interests in social theory, cognitive processes, and the criticisms often levelled at digital society and new technologies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campo, Enrico

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Does Attention Exist?

2. In Search of an Elusive Object

3. Between the Mental and the Social

4. The Social Dimension

5. The Modern Ambivalence of the New

6. Social Frames and Systems of Relevance

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Enrico Campo is a Research Fellow in Sociology at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Milan, Italy.