Attention and Its Crisis in Digital Society

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Enrico Campo, Enrico (University of Milan Campo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2023
• EAN: 9781032126401
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3212640-1
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology