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Attention Economy in Digital Age: Brands' Battle for Customer Attraction in Smart Businesses

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Abdullah Saedi 1
Fatemeh Hadadi 2
Sara Miir 3

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

2 Master's student, Faculty of Management and Economics, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

3 Master's student, Faculty of Management and Economics, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/ims.2026.90917.2754
Abstract
The attention economy is an analytical framework that considers human attention as a scarce and limited resource and examines how businesses compete to attract, allocate, and exploit this resource in the age of technology. The present study was conducted with the aim of Attention Economy in the Digital Age: Brands' Battle for Customer Acquisition in Smart Businesses. The statistical population of the study is professors and managers of smart businesses, who were selected using a purposive sampling method of 22 people. The data collection tool in the qualitative part was an interview, the validity and reliability of which were assessed using content validity and intra-coder and extra-coder reliability methods. In the quantitative part, the data collection tool was a questionnaire, the validity and reliability of which were confirmed by content validity and test-retest reliability. It should be noted that the qualitative data were examined using MaxQD software and the content analysis method, and the quantitative data were analyzed using the fuzzy cognitive map method. The findings indicate that search engine optimization, brand storytelling, brand authenticity, collaboration with influencers, advertising targeting algorithms, and gamification are, respectively, the most important factors influencing the attention economy in smart businesses

Keywords

Attention Economy
Brands Battle
Brand Storytelling
Smart Attention Engineering
Smart Businesses
Subjects
  1. تقوی فرد، محمد تقی، حنفی زداده، پیام، مهری، سعیده و رئیسی وانانی، ایمان (1404). تغییر مدل کسب وکار استارتاپ ها از طریق رویکرد مبتنی بر الگو مدل کسب و کار، مطالعات مدیریت کسب و کار هوشمند، 13)52(و 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562
  2. روشندل اربطانی، طاهر، ساروخانی، باقر و محمدپور، علیرضا. (1401). پیشایندهای جذب توجه کاربران در اقتصاد توجه (مورد مطالعه: شبکه اجتماعی اینستاگرام). مطالعات و تحقیقات اجتماعی در ایران، 11(1)، 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

References

  1. Aridor, G (2025). Measuring Substitution Patterns in the Attention Economy: An Experimental Approach, The RAND Journal of Economics, 56(3), 302-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.70001.
  2. Bhargava, V. R., & Velasquez, M. (2021). Ethics of the attention economy: The problem of social media addiction. Business Ethics Quarterly, 31(3), 321–359. https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2020.32.
  3. Bocken, N. M., De Pauw, I., Bakker, C. & van der Grinten, B. (2016). Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy. Journal of Industrial and Production  Engineering, 33(5), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681015.2016.1172124.
  4. Brick, D. J., & Thomas, V. L. (2024). (In)attention to attractive brand alternatives. Marketing Letters, 36(3), 313–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-024-09752-4
  5. Brynjolfsson, E., Kim, S.T & Oh, J (2023). The Attention Economy: Measuring the Value of Free Goods on the Internet, Information Systems Research, 35(3), 917-936. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2021.0153.
  6. Ciampaglia, G., Flammini, A & Menczer, F (2015). The production of information in the attention economy, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX NETWORKS, 5, 1-6. DOI: 10.1038/srep09452.
  7. Czaja, M., Dzik-Walcza, A., Kopczewsk, T & Urban, B (2024). The Attention Economy: How Social Media Influencers Are Redefining Marketing Engagement, 1-19. doi: 10.20944/preprints202408.1443.v1.
  8. Doyle, W (2019). Brand Communication and the Attention Economy, Communication in the Era of Attention Scarcity, 14(3), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20918-6_5.
  9. Goldfarb, A., & Tucker, C. (2019). Digital economics. Journal of Economic Literature, 57(1), 3–43. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20171452
  10. Heitmayer, M. (2025). The second wave of attention economics: Attention as a universal symbolic currency on social media and beyond. Interacting with Computers, 37(1), 18–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwae035.
  11. Hyland, K. (2023). Academic publishing and the attention economy. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 64, 101253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101253.
  12. Ilyina, A. (2025). Media advertising as human capital: the attention economy and its challenges. International Science Journal of Management, Economics & Finance, 4(5), 96-109. https://doi.org/10.46299/j.isjmef.20250405.06
  13. Li, T., Wang, S., Zhou, D., & Razzaq, A. (2025). Consumer attention and market concentration in e-commerce: An agent-based perspective. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. 20(1), 959–985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11403-025-00443-5.
  14. Liang, M (2021). The end of social media? How data attraction model in the algorithmic media reshapes the attention economy, Media, Culture & Society, 44(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221077168.
  15. Mariani, I (2025). Regulating the Attention Economy: The Possibilities and Limits of Antitrust, Politics & Society, 17(3), 76-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323292251375901.
  16. Marković, S., Popović, G., & Andjelković, L. (2024). Mastering the Attention Economy: Strategies for Competing on Digital Platforms. Fusion of Multidisciplinary Research, 5(1), 569–590, https://doi.org/10.63995/PGJE3232
  17. Marshall, D (2021). The commodified celebrity-self: industrialized agency and the contemporary attention economy, Popular Communication The International Journal of Media and Culture, 19(3), 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2021.1923718.
  18. Marwick, A. E. (2015). Instafame: Luxury selfies in the attention economy. Public culture, 27(1 (75)), 137-160. doi 10.1215/08992363-2798379.
  19. Nixon, B (2017). The business of news in the attention economy: Audience labor and MediaNews Group’s efforts to capitalize on news consumption, Journalism, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917719145.
  20. Pendergrass, W., Johnson, M., Bacarella, R & Pendergrass, P (2025). A strategic cycle of slop: Understanding the commodification of AI feculence and its place in the attention economy, 26(4), 417-432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48009/4_iis_2025_134.
  21. Petersen, M (2025). University digital media co-occurrence networks reveal structure and dynamics of brand visibility in the attention economy, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS. 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04419-5.
  22. Simon, H.A. (1971). Designing organizations for an information-rich world. In Martin Greenberger (ed.), Computers, Communication, and the Public Interest. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 37-72.
  23. Smith, A.N & Fischer, E. (2021).Pay attention, please! Person brand building in organized online attention economies. of the Acad. Mark. Sci. 49, 258–279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-020-00736-0
  24. Törnberg, P (2025). Social Media Imaginaries and the City: How the Attention Economy Is Reshaping Urban Built Environments, Social Media + Society, 7(1), 38- 52. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251323389.
  25. White, D.J. (2024). Paying attention to attention: psychological realism and the attention economy. Synthese 203(43), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04460-4.
  26. Wu, F., & Huberman, B. A. (2007). Novelty and collective attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(45), 17599–17601. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704916104.

 

References [In Persian]

  1. Taghavi Fard, M. T., Hanafi Zadadeh, P, Mehri, S., & Raisi Vanani, (2025). Changing the Business Model of Startups through a Business Model Model-Based Approach, Business Intelligence Management Studies, 13(52), 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562.
  2. Roshandel Arbatani, T., Sarukhani, B., & Mohammadpour, A. (2023). Antecedents of Attracting Users' Attention in the Attention Economy (Case Study: Instagram Social Network). Social Studies and Research in Iran, 11(1), 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

 

  1. تقوی فرد، محمد تقی، حنفی زداده، پیام، مهری، سعیده و رئیسی وانانی، ایمان (1404). تغییر مدل کسب وکار استارتاپ ها از طریق رویکرد مبتنی بر الگو مدل کسب و کار، مطالعات مدیریت کسب و کار هوشمند، 13)52(و 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562
  2. روشندل اربطانی، طاهر، ساروخانی، باقر و محمدپور، علیرضا. (1401). پیشایندهای جذب توجه کاربران در اقتصاد توجه (مورد مطالعه: شبکه اجتماعی اینستاگرام). مطالعات و تحقیقات اجتماعی در ایران، 11(1)، 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

References

  1. Aridor, G (2025). Measuring Substitution Patterns in the Attention Economy: An Experimental Approach, The RAND Journal of Economics, 56(3), 302-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.70001.
  2. Bhargava, V. R., & Velasquez, M. (2021). Ethics of the attention economy: The problem of social media addiction. Business Ethics Quarterly, 31(3), 321–359. https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2020.32.
  3. Bocken, N. M., De Pauw, I., Bakker, C. & van der Grinten, B. (2016). Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy. Journal of Industrial and Production  Engineering, 33(5), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681015.2016.1172124.
  4. Brick, D. J., & Thomas, V. L. (2024). (In)attention to attractive brand alternatives. Marketing Letters, 36(3), 313–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-024-09752-4
  5. Brynjolfsson, E., Kim, S.T & Oh, J (2023). The Attention Economy: Measuring the Value of Free Goods on the Internet, Information Systems Research, 35(3), 917-936. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2021.0153.
  6. Ciampaglia, G., Flammini, A & Menczer, F (2015). The production of information in the attention economy, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX NETWORKS, 5, 1-6. DOI: 10.1038/srep09452.
  7. Czaja, M., Dzik-Walcza, A., Kopczewsk, T & Urban, B (2024). The Attention Economy: How Social Media Influencers Are Redefining Marketing Engagement, 1-19. doi: 10.20944/preprints202408.1443.v1.
  8. Doyle, W (2019). Brand Communication and the Attention Economy, Communication in the Era of Attention Scarcity, 14(3), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20918-6_5.
  9. Goldfarb, A., & Tucker, C. (2019). Digital economics. Journal of Economic Literature, 57(1), 3–43. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20171452
  10. Heitmayer, M. (2025). The second wave of attention economics: Attention as a universal symbolic currency on social media and beyond. Interacting with Computers, 37(1), 18–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwae035.
  11. Hyland, K. (2023). Academic publishing and the attention economy. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 64, 101253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101253.
  12. Ilyina, A. (2025). Media advertising as human capital: the attention economy and its challenges. International Science Journal of Management, Economics & Finance, 4(5), 96-109. https://doi.org/10.46299/j.isjmef.20250405.06
  13. Li, T., Wang, S., Zhou, D., & Razzaq, A. (2025). Consumer attention and market concentration in e-commerce: An agent-based perspective. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. 20(1), 959–985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11403-025-00443-5.
  14. Liang, M (2021). The end of social media? How data attraction model in the algorithmic media reshapes the attention economy, Media, Culture & Society, 44(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221077168.
  15. Mariani, I (2025). Regulating the Attention Economy: The Possibilities and Limits of Antitrust, Politics & Society, 17(3), 76-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323292251375901.
  16. Marković, S., Popović, G., & Andjelković, L. (2024). Mastering the Attention Economy: Strategies for Competing on Digital Platforms. Fusion of Multidisciplinary Research, 5(1), 569–590, https://doi.org/10.63995/PGJE3232
  17. Marshall, D (2021). The commodified celebrity-self: industrialized agency and the contemporary attention economy, Popular Communication The International Journal of Media and Culture, 19(3), 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2021.1923718.
  18. Marwick, A. E. (2015). Instafame: Luxury selfies in the attention economy. Public culture, 27(1 (75)), 137-160. doi 10.1215/08992363-2798379.
  19. Nixon, B (2017). The business of news in the attention economy: Audience labor and MediaNews Group’s efforts to capitalize on news consumption, Journalism, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917719145.
  20. Pendergrass, W., Johnson, M., Bacarella, R & Pendergrass, P (2025). A strategic cycle of slop: Understanding the commodification of AI feculence and its place in the attention economy, 26(4), 417-432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48009/4_iis_2025_134.
  21. Petersen, M (2025). University digital media co-occurrence networks reveal structure and dynamics of brand visibility in the attention economy, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS. 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04419-5.
  22. Simon, H.A. (1971). Designing organizations for an information-rich world. In Martin Greenberger (ed.), Computers, Communication, and the Public Interest. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 37-72.
  23. Smith, A.N & Fischer, E. (2021).Pay attention, please! Person brand building in organized online attention economies. of the Acad. Mark. Sci. 49, 258–279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-020-00736-0
  24. Törnberg, P (2025). Social Media Imaginaries and the City: How the Attention Economy Is Reshaping Urban Built Environments, Social Media + Society, 7(1), 38- 52. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251323389.
  25. White, D.J. (2024). Paying attention to attention: psychological realism and the attention economy. Synthese 203(43), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04460-4.
  26. Wu, F., & Huberman, B. A. (2007). Novelty and collective attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(45), 17599–17601. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704916104.

 

References [In Persian]

  1. Taghavi Fard, M. T., Hanafi Zadadeh, P, Mehri, S., & Raisi Vanani, (2025). Changing the Business Model of Startups through a Business Model Model-Based Approach, Business Intelligence Management Studies, 13(52), 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562.
  2. Roshandel Arbatani, T., Sarukhani, B., & Mohammadpour, A. (2023). Antecedents of Attracting Users' Attention in the Attention Economy (Case Study: Instagram Social Network). Social Studies and Research in Iran, 11(1), 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

 

 

 

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  1. تقوی فرد، محمد تقی، حنفی زداده، پیام، مهری، سعیده و رئیسی وانانی، ایمان (1404). تغییر مدل کسب وکار استارتاپ ها از طریق رویکرد مبتنی بر الگو مدل کسب و کار، مطالعات مدیریت کسب و کار هوشمند، 13)52(و 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562
  2. روشندل اربطانی، طاهر، ساروخانی، باقر و محمدپور، علیرضا. (1401). پیشایندهای جذب توجه کاربران در اقتصاد توجه (مورد مطالعه: شبکه اجتماعی اینستاگرام). مطالعات و تحقیقات اجتماعی در ایران، 11(1)، 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

References

  1. Aridor, G (2025). Measuring Substitution Patterns in the Attention Economy: An Experimental Approach, The RAND Journal of Economics, 56(3), 302-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.70001.
  2. Bhargava, V. R., & Velasquez, M. (2021). Ethics of the attention economy: The problem of social media addiction. Business Ethics Quarterly, 31(3), 321–359. https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2020.32.
  3. Bocken, N. M., De Pauw, I., Bakker, C. & van der Grinten, B. (2016). Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy. Journal of Industrial and Production  Engineering, 33(5), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681015.2016.1172124.
  4. Brick, D. J., & Thomas, V. L. (2024). (In)attention to attractive brand alternatives. Marketing Letters, 36(3), 313–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-024-09752-4
  5. Brynjolfsson, E., Kim, S.T & Oh, J (2023). The Attention Economy: Measuring the Value of Free Goods on the Internet, Information Systems Research, 35(3), 917-936. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2021.0153.
  6. Ciampaglia, G., Flammini, A & Menczer, F (2015). The production of information in the attention economy, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX NETWORKS, 5, 1-6. DOI: 10.1038/srep09452.
  7. Czaja, M., Dzik-Walcza, A., Kopczewsk, T & Urban, B (2024). The Attention Economy: How Social Media Influencers Are Redefining Marketing Engagement, 1-19. doi: 10.20944/preprints202408.1443.v1.
  8. Doyle, W (2019). Brand Communication and the Attention Economy, Communication in the Era of Attention Scarcity, 14(3), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20918-6_5.
  9. Goldfarb, A., & Tucker, C. (2019). Digital economics. Journal of Economic Literature, 57(1), 3–43. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20171452
  10. Heitmayer, M. (2025). The second wave of attention economics: Attention as a universal symbolic currency on social media and beyond. Interacting with Computers, 37(1), 18–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwae035.
  11. Hyland, K. (2023). Academic publishing and the attention economy. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 64, 101253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101253.
  12. Ilyina, A. (2025). Media advertising as human capital: the attention economy and its challenges. International Science Journal of Management, Economics & Finance, 4(5), 96-109. https://doi.org/10.46299/j.isjmef.20250405.06
  13. Li, T., Wang, S., Zhou, D., & Razzaq, A. (2025). Consumer attention and market concentration in e-commerce: An agent-based perspective. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. 20(1), 959–985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11403-025-00443-5.
  14. Liang, M (2021). The end of social media? How data attraction model in the algorithmic media reshapes the attention economy, Media, Culture & Society, 44(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221077168.
  15. Mariani, I (2025). Regulating the Attention Economy: The Possibilities and Limits of Antitrust, Politics & Society, 17(3), 76-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323292251375901.
  16. Marković, S., Popović, G., & Andjelković, L. (2024). Mastering the Attention Economy: Strategies for Competing on Digital Platforms. Fusion of Multidisciplinary Research, 5(1), 569–590, https://doi.org/10.63995/PGJE3232
  17. Marshall, D (2021). The commodified celebrity-self: industrialized agency and the contemporary attention economy, Popular Communication The International Journal of Media and Culture, 19(3), 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2021.1923718.
  18. Marwick, A. E. (2015). Instafame: Luxury selfies in the attention economy. Public culture, 27(1 (75)), 137-160. doi 10.1215/08992363-2798379.
  19. Nixon, B (2017). The business of news in the attention economy: Audience labor and MediaNews Group’s efforts to capitalize on news consumption, Journalism, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917719145.
  20. Pendergrass, W., Johnson, M., Bacarella, R & Pendergrass, P (2025). A strategic cycle of slop: Understanding the commodification of AI feculence and its place in the attention economy, 26(4), 417-432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48009/4_iis_2025_134.
  21. Petersen, M (2025). University digital media co-occurrence networks reveal structure and dynamics of brand visibility in the attention economy, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS. 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04419-5.
  22. Simon, H.A. (1971). Designing organizations for an information-rich world. In Martin Greenberger (ed.), Computers, Communication, and the Public Interest. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 37-72.
  23. Smith, A.N & Fischer, E. (2021).Pay attention, please! Person brand building in organized online attention economies. of the Acad. Mark. Sci. 49, 258–279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-020-00736-0
  24. Törnberg, P (2025). Social Media Imaginaries and the City: How the Attention Economy Is Reshaping Urban Built Environments, Social Media + Society, 7(1), 38- 52. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251323389.
  25. White, D.J. (2024). Paying attention to attention: psychological realism and the attention economy. Synthese 203(43), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04460-4.
  26. Wu, F., & Huberman, B. A. (2007). Novelty and collective attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(45), 17599–17601. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704916104.

 

References [In Persian]

  1. Taghavi Fard, M. T., Hanafi Zadadeh, P, Mehri, S., & Raisi Vanani, (2025). Changing the Business Model of Startups through a Business Model Model-Based Approach, Business Intelligence Management Studies, 13(52), 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562.
  2. Roshandel Arbatani, T., Sarukhani, B., & Mohammadpour, A. (2023). Antecedents of Attracting Users' Attention in the Attention Economy (Case Study: Instagram Social Network). Social Studies and Research in Iran, 11(1), 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

 

 

 

  1. تقوی فرد، محمد تقی، حنفی زداده، پیام، مهری، سعیده و رئیسی وانانی، ایمان (1404). تغییر مدل کسب وکار استارتاپ ها از طریق رویکرد مبتنی بر الگو مدل کسب و کار، مطالعات مدیریت کسب و کار هوشمند، 13)52(و 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562
  2. روشندل اربطانی، طاهر، ساروخانی، باقر و محمدپور، علیرضا. (1401). پیشایندهای جذب توجه کاربران در اقتصاد توجه (مورد مطالعه: شبکه اجتماعی اینستاگرام). مطالعات و تحقیقات اجتماعی در ایران، 11(1)، 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

References

  1. Aridor, G (2025). Measuring Substitution Patterns in the Attention Economy: An Experimental Approach, The RAND Journal of Economics, 56(3), 302-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.70001.
  2. Bhargava, V. R., & Velasquez, M. (2021). Ethics of the attention economy: The problem of social media addiction. Business Ethics Quarterly, 31(3), 321–359. https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2020.32.
  3. Bocken, N. M., De Pauw, I., Bakker, C. & van der Grinten, B. (2016). Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy. Journal of Industrial and Production  Engineering, 33(5), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681015.2016.1172124.
  4. Brick, D. J., & Thomas, V. L. (2024). (In)attention to attractive brand alternatives. Marketing Letters, 36(3), 313–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-024-09752-4
  5. Brynjolfsson, E., Kim, S.T & Oh, J (2023). The Attention Economy: Measuring the Value of Free Goods on the Internet, Information Systems Research, 35(3), 917-936. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2021.0153.
  6. Ciampaglia, G., Flammini, A & Menczer, F (2015). The production of information in the attention economy, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX NETWORKS, 5, 1-6. DOI: 10.1038/srep09452.
  7. Czaja, M., Dzik-Walcza, A., Kopczewsk, T & Urban, B (2024). The Attention Economy: How Social Media Influencers Are Redefining Marketing Engagement, 1-19. doi: 10.20944/preprints202408.1443.v1.
  8. Doyle, W (2019). Brand Communication and the Attention Economy, Communication in the Era of Attention Scarcity, 14(3), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20918-6_5.
  9. Goldfarb, A., & Tucker, C. (2019). Digital economics. Journal of Economic Literature, 57(1), 3–43. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20171452
  10. Heitmayer, M. (2025). The second wave of attention economics: Attention as a universal symbolic currency on social media and beyond. Interacting with Computers, 37(1), 18–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwae035.
  11. Hyland, K. (2023). Academic publishing and the attention economy. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 64, 101253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101253.
  12. Ilyina, A. (2025). Media advertising as human capital: the attention economy and its challenges. International Science Journal of Management, Economics & Finance, 4(5), 96-109. https://doi.org/10.46299/j.isjmef.20250405.06
  13. Li, T., Wang, S., Zhou, D., & Razzaq, A. (2025). Consumer attention and market concentration in e-commerce: An agent-based perspective. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. 20(1), 959–985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11403-025-00443-5.
  14. Liang, M (2021). The end of social media? How data attraction model in the algorithmic media reshapes the attention economy, Media, Culture & Society, 44(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221077168.
  15. Mariani, I (2025). Regulating the Attention Economy: The Possibilities and Limits of Antitrust, Politics & Society, 17(3), 76-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323292251375901.
  16. Marković, S., Popović, G., & Andjelković, L. (2024). Mastering the Attention Economy: Strategies for Competing on Digital Platforms. Fusion of Multidisciplinary Research, 5(1), 569–590, https://doi.org/10.63995/PGJE3232
  17. Marshall, D (2021). The commodified celebrity-self: industrialized agency and the contemporary attention economy, Popular Communication The International Journal of Media and Culture, 19(3), 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2021.1923718.
  18. Marwick, A. E. (2015). Instafame: Luxury selfies in the attention economy. Public culture, 27(1 (75)), 137-160. doi 10.1215/08992363-2798379.
  19. Nixon, B (2017). The business of news in the attention economy: Audience labor and MediaNews Group’s efforts to capitalize on news consumption, Journalism, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917719145.
  20. Pendergrass, W., Johnson, M., Bacarella, R & Pendergrass, P (2025). A strategic cycle of slop: Understanding the commodification of AI feculence and its place in the attention economy, 26(4), 417-432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48009/4_iis_2025_134.
  21. Petersen, M (2025). University digital media co-occurrence networks reveal structure and dynamics of brand visibility in the attention economy, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS. 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04419-5.
  22. Simon, H.A. (1971). Designing organizations for an information-rich world. In Martin Greenberger (ed.), Computers, Communication, and the Public Interest. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 37-72.
  23. Smith, A.N & Fischer, E. (2021).Pay attention, please! Person brand building in organized online attention economies. of the Acad. Mark. Sci. 49, 258–279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-020-00736-0
  24. Törnberg, P (2025). Social Media Imaginaries and the City: How the Attention Economy Is Reshaping Urban Built Environments, Social Media + Society, 7(1), 38- 52. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251323389.
  25. White, D.J. (2024). Paying attention to attention: psychological realism and the attention economy. Synthese 203(43), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04460-4.
  26. Wu, F., & Huberman, B. A. (2007). Novelty and collective attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(45), 17599–17601. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704916104.

 

References [In Persian]

  1. Taghavi Fard, M. T., Hanafi Zadadeh, P, Mehri, S., & Raisi Vanani, (2025). Changing the Business Model of Startups through a Business Model Model-Based Approach, Business Intelligence Management Studies, 13(52), 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562.
  2. Roshandel Arbatani, T., Sarukhani, B., & Mohammadpour, A. (2023). Antecedents of Attracting Users' Attention in the Attention Economy (Case Study: Instagram Social Network). Social Studies and Research in Iran, 11(1), 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

 

 

 

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  7. Czaja, M., Dzik-Walcza, A., Kopczewsk, T & Urban, B (2024). The Attention Economy: How Social Media Influencers Are Redefining Marketing Engagement, 1-19. doi: 10.20944/preprints202408.1443.v1.
  8. Doyle, W (2019). Brand Communication and the Attention Economy, Communication in the Era of Attention Scarcity, 14(3), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20918-6_5.
  9. Goldfarb, A., & Tucker, C. (2019). Digital economics. Journal of Economic Literature, 57(1), 3–43. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20171452
  10. Heitmayer, M. (2025). The second wave of attention economics: Attention as a universal symbolic currency on social media and beyond. Interacting with Computers, 37(1), 18–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwae035.
  11. Hyland, K. (2023). Academic publishing and the attention economy. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 64, 101253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101253.
  12. Ilyina, A. (2025). Media advertising as human capital: the attention economy and its challenges. International Science Journal of Management, Economics & Finance, 4(5), 96-109. https://doi.org/10.46299/j.isjmef.20250405.06
  13. Li, T., Wang, S., Zhou, D., & Razzaq, A. (2025). Consumer attention and market concentration in e-commerce: An agent-based perspective. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. 20(1), 959–985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11403-025-00443-5.
  14. Liang, M (2021). The end of social media? How data attraction model in the algorithmic media reshapes the attention economy, Media, Culture & Society, 44(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221077168.
  15. Mariani, I (2025). Regulating the Attention Economy: The Possibilities and Limits of Antitrust, Politics & Society, 17(3), 76-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323292251375901.
  16. Marković, S., Popović, G., & Andjelković, L. (2024). Mastering the Attention Economy: Strategies for Competing on Digital Platforms. Fusion of Multidisciplinary Research, 5(1), 569–590, https://doi.org/10.63995/PGJE3232
  17. Marshall, D (2021). The commodified celebrity-self: industrialized agency and the contemporary attention economy, Popular Communication The International Journal of Media and Culture, 19(3), 164-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2021.1923718.
  18. Marwick, A. E. (2015). Instafame: Luxury selfies in the attention economy. Public culture, 27(1 (75)), 137-160. doi 10.1215/08992363-2798379.
  19. Nixon, B (2017). The business of news in the attention economy: Audience labor and MediaNews Group’s efforts to capitalize on news consumption, Journalism, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917719145.
  20. Pendergrass, W., Johnson, M., Bacarella, R & Pendergrass, P (2025). A strategic cycle of slop: Understanding the commodification of AI feculence and its place in the attention economy, 26(4), 417-432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48009/4_iis_2025_134.
  21. Petersen, M (2025). University digital media co-occurrence networks reveal structure and dynamics of brand visibility in the attention economy, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS. 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04419-5.
  22. Simon, H.A. (1971). Designing organizations for an information-rich world. In Martin Greenberger (ed.), Computers, Communication, and the Public Interest. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 37-72.
  23. Smith, A.N & Fischer, E. (2021).Pay attention, please! Person brand building in organized online attention economies. of the Acad. Mark. Sci. 49, 258–279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-020-00736-0
  24. Törnberg, P (2025). Social Media Imaginaries and the City: How the Attention Economy Is Reshaping Urban Built Environments, Social Media + Society, 7(1), 38- 52. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251323389.
  25. White, D.J. (2024). Paying attention to attention: psychological realism and the attention economy. Synthese 203(43), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04460-4.
  26. Wu, F., & Huberman, B. A. (2007). Novelty and collective attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(45), 17599–17601. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704916104.

 

References [In Persian]

  1. Taghavi Fard, M. T., Hanafi Zadadeh, P, Mehri, S., & Raisi Vanani, (2025). Changing the Business Model of Startups through a Business Model Model-Based Approach, Business Intelligence Management Studies, 13(52), 231-270. DOI: 10.22054/ims.2025.83760.2562.
  2. Roshandel Arbatani, T., Sarukhani, B., & Mohammadpour, A. (2023). Antecedents of Attracting Users' Attention in the Attention Economy (Case Study: Instagram Social Network). Social Studies and Research in Iran, 11(1), 143-166. Doi: 10.22059/JISR.2022.308945.1111

 

 

 

 

 

 

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