Most people equate attention with screen-based task focus

Evidence

Without wanting to suggest that having a narrow or biased view of human attention is in any way the same (ethically, conceptually) as having a narrow or biased view of human racial identity, it is importantly the case that we live in a world in which just about everyone already thinks that “attention” basically “is” the ability to stay focused on a screen-based task—especially one that is pretty tedious and repetitious. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 153

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The computer screen commands even more focused attention than television — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 665