Capturing attention in the attention deficit economy
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We live in an attention economy, where a large part of our economy and society is underpinned by the practice of capturing and trading attention for the benefits of commerce. Essentially, if someone can earn your attention, they can sell it to someone who wants your attention.
We often lose sight of this, but as Howard Gossage puts it, "When advertising talks about the audience, it doesn't mean its audience, it means...