The Attention Wars: How We Misunderstand Attention and What's Actually Affecting Our Ability to Focus

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dc.contributor.advisorOrange, Michelle
dc.contributor.advisorHolland, Jesse
dc.contributor.authorClemons, Anthony
dc.contributor.departmentNonfictionen_US
dc.contributor.programMFA in Creative Nonfictionen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-24T17:51:01Z
dc.date.available2020-08-24T17:51:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-24
dc.description.abstractThe Attention Wars is a story about how we misunderstand attention and what's actually affecting our ability to focus. Throughout the book, I debunk the belief that our attention is dwindling and show examples from gaming and television that shows how we have an amazing capacity to focus for long periods of time. I then show that the landscape for the expectations of our attention has shifted from a finite expectation to an infinite perspective; whereby, our attention is expected to always be turned on and the products we interact with support this notion of infinite attentional dedication.en_US
dc.format.extent156 pagesen_US
dc.genremanuscriptsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2eawr-uy2m
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/19500
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
dc.rightsThis work is restricted for 10 years from the date listed above. No access will be permitted until the embargo has expired. Once the embargo expires the work is available only on Goucher College's campus.
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectattention spansen_US
dc.subjectfocusen_US
dc.subjectgaming cultureen_US
dc.subjectbinge watchingen_US
dc.subjectnetflixen_US
dc.subject.lcshCreative nonfiction -- Theses.
dc.titleThe Attention Wars: How We Misunderstand Attention and What's Actually Affecting Our Ability to Focusen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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