%0 Journal Article
%T Prospecting Facebook: the limits of the economy of attention
%A Greg Elmer
%J Media, Culture & Society
%@ 1460-3675
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0163443718813467
%X This article questions the utility and universality of the attention economy framework in social media studies, specifically as a critique for dominant industry players such as Facebook. The article proposes a speculative theory of political economy, looking to FacebookĄ¯s prospectus as a key document and step in the process of social media financialization
%K Facebook
%K financialization
%K marketization
%K political economy
%K social media
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443718813467