Celebrity and the Attention Economy: how popular culture can commodify an audience’s attention by Professor Ian Brown
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Date:
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Time:
5.30pm – 7pm
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Location:
Pavilion Fusion Cafe,
Staffordshire University,
College Road,
Stoke-on-Trent,
ST4 2DE
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Free event
Professor Ian Brown bases his presentation on a series of artworks he has produced as part of artists’ group Common Culture. This uses ready-made to engage audiences in a critical assessment of Celebrity culture and the attention economy where attention is the focus over anything meaningful or enriching. Warning: contains examples of internet celebrities focused solely on attention capital.
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