http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7/taxonomy/term/29/0 en http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7/node/225 <p>If attention is our raw material, what can we create from attention that is a good? I say it's meaning. Meaning-production, then would be the establishmnet of symbolic orders or frames of reference within which we contextualize that which we put our attention to, in a sense, meaning-production creates more attention. Hollywood and glossy magazines produce low-quality meaning efficiently, giving us archetypes and culture into which we can channel our attention. A conversation over dinner, or in a class creates a higher quality meaning that is more thoroughly integrated into our system.</p> <p><a href="http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7/node/225">read more</a></p> http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7/node/225#comment Lanham meaning-prduction Weekly Reading Response Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:33:50 -0500 Adryan 225 at http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7