Symptoms of Increased Competition For Attention Online

Evolution of More Information Rich Media Types - From Text to Virtual Reality

Information Overload and Media Types - moving up the ‘engagement’ ladder

• Text -> Images -> Videos -> Virtual Reality

Exploiting Human Biases to Get Attention

• Information Overload and Human Biases - Growing ‘Filter Bubbles’ - - Internet as the Confirmation Bias machine
• Information Overload and Moving Down the Maslow Pyramid - more shocking, fear inducing content