Research combed from everything from movie tickets to social media finds more to focus on but less time to do soIt’s just as you suspected; the information age has changed the general attention span. A recently published study from researchers at the Technical University of Denmark suggests the collective global attention span is narrowing due to the amount of information that is presented to the public. Released on Monday in the scientific journal Nature Communications, the study shows people now have more things to focus on – but often focus on things for short periods of time.The researchers studied several modes of media attention, gathered from several different sources, including (but not limited to): the past 40 years in movie ticket sales; Google books for 100 years; and more modernly, 2013 to 2016 Twitter data; 2010 to 2018 Google Trends; 2010 to 2015 Reddit trends; and 2012 to 2017 Wikipedia attention time. The researchers then created a mathematical model to predict three factors: the “hotness” of the topic, its progression throughout time in the public sphere and the desire for a new topic, said Dr Philipp Hövel, an applied mathematics professor of University College Cork in Ireland. Related: From Distracted Boyfriend to Unhelpful Teacher, I love the twists of a meme’s journey | Hannah Jane Parkinson Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers Blackwell’s and W H Smith have revealed their gender pay gap data, both beating the national median average. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why publishers are rethinking the ways they prove value to advertising partners. The post Beyond Impressions: A Look Into Deeper Attention Metrics appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and booksellers in China, the 2018 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Guest of Honour country, enjoyed another record year in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pay gap is the biggest of any UK media organisation to have reported official figures to dateWomen working at Telegraph Media Group (TMG) get paid 35% less than men on average, the biggest gender pay gap of any UK newspaper publisher or broadcaster to have reported official figures to date.Nick... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With more than €26,000 in prizes, the Global Illustration award from Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Information Content Industry Association has issued its third-year call for submissions to IlluSalon, with an award ceremony set for Frankfurt on October 10. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse: Global... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK’s biggest publishers release figures showing average differences in pay between men and women ranging from 11.3% to 29.69%The books industry may be dominated by women, but men are reaping the rewards, as the UK’s largest publishers reveal a “stark” divide in pay. Figures reported to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Latvia's quirky campaign to promote its writers has attracted a following of fans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gary Vaynerchuk's VaynerMedia was an early adopter of using video as a way for brands to message their wares on social. It pivoted to video prior to that phrase becoming a publisher's SOS call. The social agency grew its reputation on helping brands navigate Facebook, Twitter and, more recently,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Google under pressure to clamp down on YouTube conspiracies and low-quality clickbait, the search giant is launching a major new effort aimed at strengthening its relationship with news publishers–and perhaps keeping them from going under. At an event in New York today, the company... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joan Silber won the fiction prize, Frances Fitzgerald won the nonfiction award, Layli Long Soldier won the poetry award and John McPhee was awarded the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award at the NBCC's award ceremony. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unlike Facebook, YouTube offers publishers a video-specific audience and an established path to revenue. The post Why media companies are shifting their attention from Facebook to YouTube appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women earn 6.2% less than men per hour at the British Library, it has been revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books from Iceland, Spain, Italy, Finland and The Netherlands are in the running for this year’s In Other Words project, designed to help UK publishers acquire children’s books in translation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked agents and scouts attending this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair to tell us about trends they are seeing, both in content and demand. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three novels have been unveiled as the finalists of the inaugural EBRD Literature Prize, including a Croatian book from Quercus, a Saqi title translated from Turkish and a Russian novel from Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arts Council England (ACE) has unveiled a £14.4m fund to “cultivate individual talent”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The chief executive of the Society of Authors has challenged publishers to reveal how much they pay writers in their annual financial accounts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Presidents, the sexiest man alive, and Thor engage readers the most in the latest GfK MRI readership study. The post Four Magazines Share Top Rank in Latest Readership Study appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author and broadcaster Stephen Fry has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new report from Renaissance Learning suggests the reading comprehension of secondary school pupils is falling below that of primary school children because teenagers are not reading challenging enough books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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