Sentences with phrase «monopoly on attention»

Physical books have a monopoly on our attention and also don't receive information from us.

That near - monopoly on attention isn't uncommon to college towns, but the vast distance to a major city or even a competing school is unique to Tech.

The Facebook monopoly on our attention was on raw display, and its stock jumped 12 percent on the news.

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The hearing also drew the attention of a group from the Occupy movement who staged a symbolic «corporate wedding» on the Capitol's Great Western Staircase, with people portraying a money - loving politician, the Monopoly Man and a demonic pastor.

For the most part the critical mass welcomed this return to realism and their passive disregard for homegrown modernism had knock - on effect; lack of attention led to public's lack of understanding, constituting what Davis would call the «cultural monopoly» he saw to be taking place in the U.S. Genuine efforts had been made to incorporate new formal elements and meanings into art but this progressive aesthetic spirit had eventually waned in the face of cultural provincialism, which was being «exploited... at the expense of progress.»

The billion - user social network has emerged as the news business» most potent competitor, capturing attention and advertising on the path to monopoly status.

The most obvious casualty has been text - based publications, and the reason should be clear: once newspapers and magazines lost their distribution - based monopoly on customer attention the integration of editorial and advertising fell apart.