http://trueslant.com/dianemermigas/2009/09/17/digital-distractions-malady-madness-or-nirvana/ Media's Digital Future Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:20:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://trueslant.com/dianemermigas/2009/09/17/digital-distractions-malady-madness-or-nirvana/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Diagnose Yourself: Nine Signs You’re Infected by Digital-Distractionitis | Transformational Leadership Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:20:12 +0000 http://trueslant.com/dianemermigas/?p=499#comment-129 [...] Digital Distractions: Malady, Madness or Nirvana? Driven to Media Distraction Social Media: a distraction or an assistant? Attention and Distractions in a Social World Social Media – Distraction or Smart Strategy? [...] [...] Digital Distractions: Malady, Madness or Nirvana? Driven to Media Distraction Social Media: a distraction or an assistant? Attention and Distractions in a Social World Social Media – Distraction or Smart Strategy? [...]

]]> http://trueslant.com/dianemermigas/2009/09/17/digital-distractions-malady-madness-or-nirvana/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Todd Essig Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:37:55 +0000 http://trueslant.com/dianemermigas/?p=499#comment-18 Although I'm not sure addiction is the right model/image/analogy for what these tools are doing to us, we are all certainly and profoundly distracted. Have you had a chance to see Maggie Jackson's book <i>Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age </i>. And as if we need more evidence, so far during this short reply, I listened to a voice mail, decided not to read 2 emails that came in, and got distracted searching for the sub-title to Jackson's book! Although I’m not sure addiction is the right model/image/analogy for what these tools are doing to us, we are all certainly and profoundly distracted. Have you had a chance to see Maggie Jackson’s book Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age . And as if we need more evidence, so far during this short reply, I listened to a voice mail, decided not to read 2 emails that came in, and got distracted searching for the sub-title to Jackson’s book!

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