The Rise of the Attention Economy

She likes attracting attention.

China s increasing influence in Africa has attracted great attention in recent years.

It's nothing really, but I don't want to attract attention.

This attention economy is not the intention economy beloved of vendors, who grab consumers attention in order to sell them something.

The meeting is an attraction to Arab bloggers and activists, and an opportunity for them to exchange expertise and learn from each other.

Part of the hype that has surrounded the film has been driven by Solomon herself she understands the power of citizen media to draw attention to what she calls Caribbean themed storytelling . I caught up with Frances Anne on Facebook to discuss her latest tour de force...and how blogging and the Internet have helped her promote it.

The main focus of attention during this period has been the withdrawal of Jewish settlers from Gaza.

Hu s leadership has tried to draw public attention to the growing gap between rich and poor.

The take away there is most people simply learn through trial and error.

Not another attraction?

The League drew the attention at that session to the situation of the Kurds in Turkey.

After consultations between doctors, lawyers, and the girl s family, chemotherapy eventually was begun, but not before attention had again been focused on the rigidity of many developing countries abortion laws.

Additional resources should be attracted through implementation of the strategic long term vision statement, with its strong focus on poverty alleviation.

He cut a switch from a tree and gave me a whipping.

Besides the competition, he drew so much attention with his role in the Foreign Groom, that he immediately received his first movie offer.

Widespread riots in Greece drew attention to the plight of the Southern Tier countries Spain, Italy and Greece and of Ireland.

Soft power is the ability to get what one wants by attracting others rather than threatening or paying them.

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In September 2007, Pastor Ron Barker of St. Joseph Church in Wakefield, Massachusetts received international attention after pulling the books from the shelves of the parish's K 8 school.

We are attention different, not attention deficit.

Through the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), Cape Verde received valuable support for creating or improving its infrastructure in order to attract foreign investment.

So babies have to attract our affection and our nurturing, and they do.

He sees something in the path.

I sent him a telegram asking him to be on the lookout for him just in case.

His repeated allegations on various subjects reflect certain personality traits and are part of his tendentious strategy to draw attention to his case and call into question the grounds for his convictions, which have been upheld by the courts.

Call attention.

Attracting attention...

More emphasis should be placed on investment and technology promotion in order to attract foreign direct investment through South South cooperation.

Now, another satellite also attracted a lot of attention, and that's Titan.

I cant remember what she s like.

Some other attraction may appear.

The post attracted angry comments.

The draw of their communities was far too powerful.

To attract founders of and contributors to the Fund and

It drew my attention from the beginning.

attracted to Professor Siletsky.

We don't want to attract attention.

And I deliberately tried to get their attention.

The attention economy is one in which people spend their personal time attracting others attention, whether by designing creative avatars, posting pithy comments, or accumulating likes for their cat photos.

In Africa, it's very, very hard to engage men.

The President drew attention to a draft resolution (S 2005 554) that had been prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations.