| 书目名称 | Vanity Fairs | | 副标题 | Another View of the | | 编辑 | Georg Franck | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Traces our epochal move from an economy of things to an economy of attention.Presents two essential case studies on modern science and post-modern media culture.Describes vanity fairs as information m | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book offers readers a comprehensive introduction to the economy of attention from the perspective of the basic motive of the pursuit of attention: self-esteem. As a jumping-off point, it states the stark equation at the heart of this economy— that the self-esteem one can afford depends on one’s income of appreciative attention. The information markets in which participants compete to play a role in the consciousness of others are described as ‘vanity fairs’. Since the pursuit of self-esteem is highly effective when it comes to mobilizing human energies, vanity fairs are not just playgrounds of individual passions, but have been utilized by society since time immemorial as markets for particularly challenging demands..Starting with an analysis of the interface that connects the social economy of attention with the intra-psychic economy of self-esteem, the book then examines two main cases in point: modern science and the post-modern media culture. On the one hand we have scientists working for a ‘wage of fame’, who invest their own attention into getting the attention of others. On the other, today’s dominant media have left the sale of information behind to focus solely | | 出版日期 | Book 2020 | | 关键词 | Economy of attention; The pursuit of self-esteem; Culture of narcissism; Social media; Celebrity culture | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41532-7 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-41534-1 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-41532-7 | | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 |
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