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'
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Nicolas Cheetham looks at how Chinese science-fiction made its way to the West, with the help of some celebrity backers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six children have been revealed as winners of BookTrust’s Pictures First competition with authors such as John Agard and Geek Girl author Holly Smale writing poems and stories to accompany the images. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you like 'Stranger Things,' you should pick up these two books by Lindsey Barraclough, says PW assistant editor Drucilla Shultz. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has completed the sale of language training subsidiary Global Education in a deal worth $80m (£62m). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mashable is exploring strategic options including the sale of all or part of the online media company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Mashable, founded in 2005, may draw interest from buyers in Europe and the U.S., said one of the people, who asked not to be identified... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins is set to launch its music list with a book by Harvard classics professor Richard F Thomas on why Bob Dylan matters. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a flat market, the publisher looks beyond ebooks toward expanding its role in the global market and in physical distribution. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How years, hundreds of queries, and an abandoned manuscript led to the publication of Margaret Wilkerson Sexton's outstanding debut novel, 'A Kind of Freedom.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced Wednesday that it has invented, well, television.The social network finally revealed the details behind a new video hub that it had been developing for months. It has been in talks with publishers and networks to deliver new shows and a revamped video section to host the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former prime minister tells BBC Radio 4 that learning about the Russian revolutionary was ‘like a light going on’Tony Blair has said that he “toyed with Marxism” as a young man after being inspired by a biography of Leon Trotsky that detailed “extraordinary causes and injustices”.The former... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti is publishing a new book with Allen Lane this October, Of Women, making the case for "radical positive action in every sphere of life to promote the vindication of the rights of women worldwide". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has launched an exclusive global book club for Ken Follett fans with digital reading platform The Pigeonhole. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Matt Haig’s How to Stop Time to Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, the empathetic literature inspired by a year of tragedies, political upheaval and economic uncertaintyA bruising year dominated by political and economic uncertainty, terrorism and tragedy has, publishers... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While fewer titles are selling in other genres, reading that offers a path to spiritual growth has risen 13% in 2017The UK’s “mindfulness mega-trend” shows no sign of running out of breath, with sales of “mind, body, spirit” books booming, against a background of slowing sales elsewhere on the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first pictures from the forthcoming Terry Pratchett exhibition at the Salisbury Museum have been revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year's winner, Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout,' has sold rights into 26 foreign languages, 19 since he won the Man Booker Prize, say organizers. The post ‘Man Booker Dozen’ Revealed: The Prize Announces Its 2017 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joe Wicks has claimed three spots on a ranking of Amazon’s top 10 bestselling print books, in a list dominated by non-fiction and lifestyle titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Surprising stats from around the magazine industry. The post The Minute-to-Minute Battle for Consumer Attention | By the Numbers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The secret history between Agatha Christie and her long-standing publisher, HarperCollins, are being revealed as part of a new exhibition celebrating the company’s 200th anniversary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J K Rowling has revealed she has written a children's fairy tale on a party dress she wore for her 50th birthday in 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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