Exercise - Attention Economy

Activity (15 min)

  • Find an app/website you use regularly. Everyone should pick a different one.
  • Analyse it using what we discussed about attention today. 
  • What is the app drawing your attention to? 
  • What is prominent? What is hidden away?
  • What do you think were the tradeoffs to arrive at this design?
  • If you had to change one thing to draw more or less attention, what would it be?

Submission Format

Make a 3-5 min presentation in Google Slides using screenshots and some of the basic points you want to make. Everyone will present these in class.