The Rise of the Attention Economy

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

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.

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

At the Yaroslavl meeting with Medvedev, attention shifted to the connection between democracy and modernization.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Instead of producing food or housing for ourselves or for barter, we will be producing content and amusement for one another, without engaging in explicit (taxable) financial exchange. Yes, there is a so called gift economy, but there is also an attention market that may not be fungible or priced a distributed, many to many economy that harks back to the old days.

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 also declared that 4 April of each year should be officially proclaimed and observed as International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, in the hope of drawing attention to related challenges and the need for continued efforts in that regard.

The Committee draws attention to the significant synergies in substantive content between the Convention and the Beijing Platform for Action.

Without the soft power that produces attraction and loyalty to the leader s goals, entrepreneurs run off in all directions and dissipate a group s energies.

The fire chief holds the fire to attract the fish.

Chūhachi failed to attract the interest of the Army.

Horror continued to attract young, independent American directors.

Obama is surrounding himself with accomplished female advisers without calling condescending attention to that fact.

It's time to pay attention to Bosnia again, if we don't want things to get nasty very quickly.

The larger bank principle has two chief attractions.

Some have already been forced to do so, and many could conceivably be targeted in connection with ongoing campaigns to draw international attention to various human rights issues ahead of the Olympics.

And Americans have shifted greatly toward political philosophies on the right and on the left that regard public debt merely as a distraction.

The Mission had experienced high attrition rates and difficulties in attracting staff, and the recruitment of staff on temporary contracts, as recommended by the Advisory Committee, would only exacerbate that situation.

Women like attention.

Layla didn't attract attention.

Sami was distracted.

A group to definitely keep an eye on!

But why is it important to attract those who believe what you believe?

As if this is what tempted the harasser to grab her breast, and not the fact that she is a female!

To be sure, Sarkozy is right to note the enormous risks that workers and their communities face in this rapidly globalizing world.

For example, the excitement generated by major sporting events has attracted lots of attention to the idea that sports could be a genuine vector for development.

We must pay attention to the traffic light.

Layla wanted to attract attention.

Sami liked drawing attention.

Rather than focusing on the major short and long term challenges facing the oil industry, the debate about peak oil diverts attention to the wrong problems.

As nations attempt to build a sustainable ICT sector, commitment to the private sector and rule of law must be emphasized, Gross said, so that countries can attract the necessary private investment to create the infrastructure.

As a result, the country s energy reserves have also become an investment magnet.

In five years, the original Newseum attracted more than 2.25 million visitors.

Pretty girls like attention.

The case also attracted attention in the West.