A generational shift from deep attention to hyper-attention is underway

Evidence

For their part, however, students have formed the characteristic habits of hyper-attention: ‘switching focus rapidly among different tasks, preferring multiple information streams, seeking a high level of stimulation, and having a low tolerance for boredom’. — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 46

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the key contrast between deep attention and hyper-attention via Katherine Hayles’s precise behavioral criteria.
• XREF: connects to: Hyper reading alters brain structure in ways pedagogy ignores. — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 422; Concern about attention span misdirects effort from recovering deeper attentional modes; Attention and technology co-evolve through reciprocal causation — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 534 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Concern about attention span misdirects effort from recovering deeper attentional modes #complicates (0.78)
• Attention and technology co-evolve through reciprocal causation #expands (0.72) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 534
• Attention operates as an ecosystem of echoes and variations rather than transmissions #complicates (0.70) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 531