The Economy of Attention

Short overview of the lesson:

• Talk about activities and guilty pleasures that take up most of your free time.

• Discuss the difference between human goals and tech goals.

• Watch the video Is Our Attention for Sale? and complete the tasks.

• Optionally, complete the vocabulary tasks.

• Read the short article When Attention Becomes Currency and complete the tasks.

• Discuss the difference between clickbait and quality journalism.

• Solve the riddle Where Did the Attention Go?.

• Discuss the positive and negative effects the attention economy might have in different areas of life.

• Complete extra tasks for further practice.

• Use the optional Quizlet set to work on the lesson’s additional vocabulary.