Korean slang profile
어텐션 이코노미
eotensyeon ikonomi
The phenomenon of treating people’s interest and attention as valuable resources in an environment overflowing with information.
The phenomenon of treating people’s interest and attention as valuable resources in an environment overflowing with information.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 주의력 경제, 관심 경제
- Earliest source found
- Aug 21, 2024
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
짧은 영상의 경쟁을 보니 어텐션 이코노미라는 말이 이해됐다.
Seeing short videos compete helped me understand 어텐션 이코노미.
02Documented history
- August 2024이투데이 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 explained in 2024 the competition for attention amid vast online information and limited attention spans. Who first used the expression and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [이투데이 말투데이] 직도이행(直道而行)/어텐션 이코노미 (이투데이)Published Aug 21, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026