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A Critique of the Attention Economy: Flourishing, Autonomy, and Corruption
A Critique of the Attention Economy: Flourishing, Autonomy, and Corruption
A Critique of the Attention Economy: Flourishing, Autonomy, and Corruption

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202103124
ISBN  
9798315705130
DDC  
170
저자명  
Schwartz, Benjamin H.
서명/저자  
A Critique of the Attention Economy: Flourishing, Autonomy, and Corruption
발행사항  
[Sl] : The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
138 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-11, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Bovens, Luc.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약The attention economy is a widespread market characterized by two types of transactions: people exchange their attention for access to new media services; these companies then sell our attention, and the information they have gathered by means of it, to advertisers. My dissertation argues that the attention economy is an impediment to human flourishing-that it is deeply at odds with intimate relationships, attentional virtues, autonomy, and valuing attention properly. First, I argue that dating apps, an attention economy service, undermine ways of thinking central to forming and maintaining committed romantic relationships. Their choice structure fosters a people-shopping mindset of exit and optimization. This economic way of thinking is morally degrading in the context of intimate relationships. Moreover, dating apps have diminished the availability of other modalities of dating and have created a collective action problem.Second, I explicate how sustained attention is inhibited by the attention economy and I argue that this capacity is essential to virtue and human flourishing. In particular, the attention economy inhibits the cultivation of the specific virtues of aloneness and stillness. These virtues have inherent value and are essential for achieving other valuable goods, such as self-knowledge and social commitments. Social media also engenders positional competition for inherently scarce, attention-based goods like popularity. Third, I argue that the attention economy infringes upon one's autonomy by significantly interfering with control over sustaining and directing one's attention. The attention economy is pervasive, practically necessary, and hidden. It objectionably interferes with people's second-order preference satisfaction and their internal preference formation. And, one's attention-based social obligations are at odds with the obligation to protect one's autonomy from the attention economy.Fourth, I argue that the attention economy expresses and promotes corrupted attitudes about attention, namely, that attention is instrumentally valuable, commensurable with market goods, and valuable solely for its quantity. I develop a threshold view of when this corruption occurs for attention and defend my view from Brennan & Jaworski's critique of the argument that markets express corrupted attitudes.
일반주제명  
Ethics
일반주제명  
Philosophy
키워드  
Attention economy
키워드  
Ethics of technology
키워드  
Moral limits of markets
키워드  
Virtue ethics
기타저자  
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Philosophy
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-11A.
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■520    ▼aThe  attention  economy  is  a  widespread  market  characterized  by  two  types  of  transactions:  people  exchange  their  attention  for  access  to  new  media  services;  these  companies  then  sell  our  attention,  and  the  information  they  have  gathered  by  means  of  it,  to  advertisers.  My  dissertation  argues  that  the  attention  economy  is  an  impediment  to  human  flourishing-that  it  is  deeply  at  odds  with  intimate  relationships,  attentional  virtues,  autonomy,  and  valuing  attention  properly.  First,  I  argue  that  dating  apps,  an  attention  economy  service,  undermine  ways  of  thinking  central  to  forming  and  maintaining  committed  romantic  relationships.  Their  choice  structure  fosters  a  people-shopping  mindset  of  exit  and  optimization.  This  economic  way  of  thinking  is  morally  degrading  in  the  context  of  intimate  relationships.  Moreover,  dating  apps  have  diminished  the  availability  of  other  modalities  of  dating  and  have  created  a  collective  action  problem.Second,  I  explicate  how  sustained  attention  is  inhibited  by  the  attention  economy  and  I  argue  that  this  capacity  is  essential  to  virtue  and  human  flourishing.  In  particular,  the  attention  economy  inhibits  the  cultivation  of  the  specific  virtues  of  aloneness  and  stillness.  These  virtues  have  inherent  value  and  are  essential  for  achieving  other  valuable  goods,  such  as  self-knowledge  and  social  commitments.  Social  media  also  engenders  positional  competition  for  inherently  scarce,  attention-based  goods  like  popularity.  Third,  I  argue  that  the  attention  economy  infringes  upon  one's  autonomy  by  significantly  interfering  with  control  over  sustaining  and  directing  one's  attention.  The  attention  economy  is  pervasive,  practically  necessary,  and  hidden.  It  objectionably  interferes  with  people's  second-order  preference  satisfaction  and  their  internal  preference  formation.  And,  one's  attention-based  social  obligations  are  at  odds  with  the  obligation  to  protect  one's  autonomy  from  the  attention  economy.Fourth,  I  argue  that  the  attention  economy  expresses  and  promotes  corrupted  attitudes  about  attention,  namely,  that  attention  is  instrumentally  valuable,  commensurable  with  market  goods,  and  valuable  solely  for  its  quantity.  I  develop  a  threshold  view  of  when  this  corruption  occurs  for  attention  and  defend  my  view  from  Brennan  &  Jaworski's  critique  of  the  argument  that  markets  express  corrupted  attitudes.
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