gtbarry<p>Hollywood Invented the Attention Economy. Now It’s Being Devoured by It</p><p>Hollywood trained audiences to expect spectacle, adrenaline, narrative dominance — and then froze while TikTok, YouTube and Instagram delivered all three with more speed, less polish and no permission required.</p><p>Fame became serialized. Visibility replaced craft. Hollywood lost control of the narrative, and with it, the audience</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hollywood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AttentionEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AttentionEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hollywood-invented-attention-economy-lost-control-1236255796/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hollywoodreporter.com/news/gen</span><span class="invisible">eral-news/hollywood-invented-attention-economy-lost-control-1236255796/</span></a></p>