The Attention Deficit Unintended Consequences of Digital Connectivity /

• Main Author: Bhatt, Swati (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economics.; Economic policy.; Behavioral economics.; Economics-Psychological aspects.; Culture.; Technology.; Popular Science in Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Behavioral/Experimental Economics.; Economic Psychology.; Culture and Technology.

Digital technology has enabled connectivity on an unimagined scale. Human beings are social animals and economic activity promotes this socialization. Market transactions are based on optimism about the future, faith that the world is good and trust that growth is organic or coming from within the s...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Connectivity, Attention and Risk
• 2. Time: The Measure of Connectivity
• 3. The Psychology of Connectivity: Follower Counts and Identity
• 4. The Economics of Connectivity: Communication Markets
• 5. Streaming Technology and the Entertainment Industry
• 6. Content Tsunami
• 7. Attention Deficit and Diminished Risk Taking
• 8. Restoring Boldness and Reducing Apathy
• 9. Conclusion: Dialogue, not Walls.