[Academic China · Literature] Zhou Xian: Cultural crisis of attention
October 20, 2021 09:02 Source: "Chinese Social Sciences" October 20, 2021 Total 2269 Author: Zhou Xian

We often encounter this situation in colleges and universities,During class,Especially in the big class,I will find that a considerable number of students are playing with mobile phones,I always speculate that they may be inquiring about things related to curriculum,How can it be difficult to know。I have paid attention to this problem for a long time,I think everyone is actually facing a crisis of attention today。For example, "2019 Douyin Data Report" specially talks about one thing,A paragraph of "Datang's Night City Turn" video was clicked and played by 2.3 billion times all year round,Douyin Company is proud of this performance,But this shocking number obviously has something to worry about。Critic Carl bluntly stated in the article "How to abduct our minds": "Smart phone pulls our attention strongly,Send us text、Sound and image,Training our ideas、Experience and identity,Consumer cognitive resources,leading to a general decline in the average level of intelligence。”

Different from the "digital bet365 Play online games immigration" that has undergone printing civilization,Today's "post -90s" and "post -00s",They are born in the digital age "digital aboriginal",So lack of immunity to digital media culture,It is easier to generate attention crisis。Simply speaking,The so -called attention,It is the perception of specific stimuli and ignore other stimuli,To determine the priority of perception or action。The attention is limited,In the middle is selective。In the 1960s, American economist Simon proposed the concept of "attention economy",Later, I also won the Nobel Prize in Economics,He pointed out,"In a wealthy world,Wealthy information means the lack of something,The lack of things consumed by the information。The information consumed by the information is obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipient。So,Wealthy information leads to attention and poverty "。

The cultural crisis of attention shows various "information overload syndrome",Almost all of us are reflected,Including a series of psychological -physiological symptoms,For example, pay attention to mobile phones at all times、For fear of missing what information、Sensory fatigue、Psychological anxiety, etc.。The dissipation of attention has become bet365 best casino games the normal state of people,Diminity becomes a common psychological state,It is also a condition。The most typical distraction is that you cannot insist on doing one thing for a long time。People have moved from the "passive distraction" attracted by the information to a "active distraction",This has produced a lot of cognitive and emotional disorders,Some researchers in the West called it "distracted addiction"。

Media cultural scholar Haier has a very classic judgment,She thinks,After the appearance of digital civilization,Existing a attention gap,or the intergenerational differentiation of attention。The deep attention of printing civilization is no longer popular,The popular is super attention。Super attention has four characteristics: first,Focus quickly,Jump between multiple tasks; second,Multivibility of preference information; third,It must be irritating; fourth,Can't stand the monotonous。I think her judgment is accurate。

Put the field of vision within a larger range,What is the culture of today's information age? In terms of attention crisis,Sociologist Lexovitz's opinion is very inspiring,He believes the computer's algorithm、Digital and Internet social networks, which constitute the overall culture of today'Bet365 app download s culture。Another,The logic of the current technology has become stronger and stronger,The trend of cultural and emotionalization at the same time,The perfect combination of the rational logic of technology and emotional emotional logic。More and more technologies are not just put on the culture of culture,Instead of hitting people's emotions,Moving the softest place of people,Therefore, it becomes more effective for control。Today our attention is actually customized by algorithms and technology,Eye movement equipment can accurately calculate people’s attention points and preferences。In this case,People think they are making independent choices,In fact, it has long been designed and stipulated。

As a valuable resource that is fiercely competed,Attention has become a capital that can create value。Attention economist Goldhab believes that attention is an important driving force for the "post -industry" economy,Competition of attention has become the most important means of competition between enterprises。

Attention consumes people’s time,So according to Simon's scheme,Attention can be measured with time。The more the audience spends more,The more lacking its attention。Using the popular way of interrogation to describe: Where is bet365 Play online games the time going? The crisis of attention is that people have no time to focus,No time to think,I don't even have time to stay in a daze。The trouble of reality is not the overload of us every day,but we don’t understand why this is like this,I don't know what kind of problems will cause this。

Attention technology has internalized into our senses、mind and spirit。I think the alertness and introspection of the humanistic community on technical problems is not enough。There are various reasons for this,For example,Technical worship mentality、Technical Decision of the Concept, etc.。Chinese humanities should pay more attention to problems in this area,Make up this short board,Especially for critical views。

So,How should we get out of the cultural crisis of attention? Is there any feasible Chinese experience and Chinese solution?,It is possible to find the answer。Here,I would like to put forward some personal ideas。First,Need to create a realistic context of the whole society paying attention to the cultural crisis,Strengthen the cognition and attention of attention crisis in the whole society。Second,Promoting the necessary "break away",Create some information shielding time,Don't look at your mobile phone and computer,Especially young people bet365 live casino games must develop such a habit。third,Efforts to cultivate the in -depth attention habit of young people。In this regard, we have a good tradition in China,There are "Xinzhai" and "Sit and forget" in Taoist philosophy,Zen Zen Zen、Revitalization is also a kind of meditation training。There is a "mindfulness" therapy in the West now,is the same。Fourth,Practical activities that advocate various forms of training and training concentration,Made by hand、Art appreciation、Natural aesthetics and other methods,to change the current attention and poor situation。

Last,I will end with a paragraph of British writer Huxley,He said: "What people feel pain is not they use laughter instead of thinking,But they don’t know why they laugh and why they do n’t think about。"I think this sentence is very enlightened for us today,I very much hope that more scholars pay attention to this problem,Find some Chinese solutions and Chinese experience that solves the crisis of attention。

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