Dear Jesper,
It is called 'Attention to Attention - Reflexions on new Media in Education'.
Maybe you could be interested by the following book on the subject of attention: Roda, C. Ed.(2011), Human Attention in Digital Environments. Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item5659616/?site_locale=en_GB (reviews at: http://ac.aup.fr/~croda/reviewsHADE.shtml ). Note: <self promotion> I am not really neutral by mentioning this book, since I am the author of one of the chapters. (I also coordinated the research project AtGentive -attentive agents for collaborative learners- which provided many input for this book). </self promotion> Connecting attention & influence. On the subject of online social attention, I have found a very strong similarity with online social attention and the concept of influence (which is related to the "attention that you get" from others) for which there is quite a lot of research that is conducted today (at Yahoo Labs, Hp labs, etc...) and area where new services are proposed (cf. Klout.com ). Best regards, Thierry Thierry Nabeth Senior research scientist. Skype: t.nabeth http://www.calt.insead.edu/?Thierry%20Nabeth -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jesper Sent: lundi 30 janvier 2012 15:58 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] attention to attention Dear All, Here is the first paper in relation to the research project: 'Socio Media Education' It is called 'Attention to Attention - Reflexions on new Media in Education'. It was presented at the Danish Conference of Sociology: Troubled Identities. 19 20 January 2012 here in Aarhus. It is easy to read because it is based over the oral presentation on the conference. http://pure.au.dk/portal/files/43983449/Attention_to_attention.pdf Enjoy your reading Jesper Abstract In these years digital media and wireless networks are introduced in upper secondary schools in Denmark. This implies new attentional objects like updates on Facebook or tweets on Twitter within instant reach of the pupils and teachers. Also it implies new kinds of attention (awareness) like when pupils try to listen to the teacher and simultaneously participate in online games. To this new social setting the teachers has reacted with either prohibition or unconcern. What has not been realised is that the introduction of new media profoundly challenges the way attention hitherto has functioned as a psychic prerequisite for the social interaction between pupils and teachers. New kinds of split attention arise and new kinds of social mediation (regulation and use) of psychic attention become necessary if teaching in the new digital medium milieu shall be beneficial. In this paper we qualify this interpretation theoretically through systems theory and medium theory. Further we present initial results from the action research project Socio Media Education (SME) in which we work with how teachers and pupils can handle the new attention-demanding situation, so the new media do not mean spoiled teaching, but new expanded possibilities for teaching and learning provided by the new media. Our core postulate is that the teachers and pupils have to develop social reflexion on the practice of attention in the class, both on a social and individual level; use the new media to facilitate this reflexion /and/ simultaneously (based on the on-going reflexion) learn to cope better with the new attention-demanding medium milieu, which means both to restrict oneself and behave more socially responsible and to develop better awareness skills (e.g. multiplexing skills). Only this (and not prohibition against Facebook, online games etc. neither unconcern and ignorance of the new media and their consequences for attention)- we argue - can generate adequate social norms regulating psychic awareness in the new digital learning environment -- --- Jesper Tække Associate Professor, PhD Information and Media Studies Aarhus University http://www.jespertaekke.dk imvjet@hum.au.dk +45 8716 2021 _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/