attention economy
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An economic system where human attention is a scarce and monetized resource, driving competition among businesses, media, and digital platforms.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Understanding and managing attention is now the single most important determinant of business success. Welcome to the attention economy."
- "On this level, the practice of doing nothing has several tools to offer us when it comes to resisting the attention economy."
- "There will always be pockets that exist outside of the attention economy. But more and more, things are falling within the purview, including politics."
- "Here’s the thing about [Tucker] Carlson: he has lots of odious views, but, unfortunately, we don’t have the luxury of ignoring him. He’s not a fringe figure: he knows how to work the attention economy."
- "I wonder if the difference here is that, unlike the previous two seasons, Euphoria’s final turn exists in the “attention economy”, where algorithms reward controversial, polarizing figures."