The cinematic mode of organizing: Media and the problem of attention in organization theory

Information and Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-58

  Styhre, Alexander ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Media; Perception; The cinematic mode of production

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549097845     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Aaseth E. We all want to change the world: The ideology of innovation in digital media. In: Liestøl G., Morrison A., and Rasmussen T. (Eds). Digital media revisited (2001), MIT Press, Cambridge and London 415-439
2. Barley S.R., and Kunda G. Contracting: A new form of professional practice. Academy of Management Perspectives 20 1 (2006) 45-66
3. Bataille G. The accursed share: An essay on general economy (1988), Zone Books, New York
4. Beller J. The cinematic mode of production: Attention economy and the society of the spectacle (2006), Duke Hanover, Dartmouth College Press
5. Belova O. The event of seeing: A phenomenological perspective on visual sense-making. Culture and Organization 12 2 (2006) 93-107
6. Blake E.C. Zograscopes, virtual reality, and the mapping of polite society in eighteenth-century England. In: Gitelman L., and Pingree G.B. (Eds). New media, 1740-1915 (2003), The MIT Press, Cambridge and London 1-30
7. Bolter J.D. Writing space: The computer, hypertext, and the history of writing, Hillsdale (1991), Lawrence Erlbaum, Hove and London
8. Bolter J.D., and Grusin R. Remediation. Understanding new media (1999), The MIT Press, Cambridge
9. Bowker G. Memory practices of the sciences (2005), The MIT Press, Cambridge and London
10. Bryson N. The gaze in the expanded field. In: Foster H. (Ed). Vision and visuality (1988), The New Press, New York 86-113
11. Chandler A.D. Strategy and structure (1962), The MIT Press, Cambridge
12. Cho T.S., and Hambrick D.C. Attention as the mediator between top management team characteristics and strategic change: The case of airline deregulation. Organization Science 17 4 (2006) 453-469
13. Cohen M.D., March J.G., and Olsen J.P. A garbage can model of organizational choice. Administrative Science Quarterly 17 (1972) 1-25
14. Crary J. Techniques of the observer: On vision and modernity in the nineteenth century (1990), The MIT Press, Cambridge and London
15. Crary J. Suspensions of perception: Attention spectacle, and modern culture (1999), The MIT Press, Cambridge and London
16. Cyert R.M., and March J.G. A behavioral theory the Firm (1963), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs
17. Davenport T.H., and Beck J.C. The attention economy: Understanding the new currency of business (2001), Harvard University Press, Boston
18. de Saussure F. Course in general linguistics (1959), Peter Owen, London
19. Debord G. Society of the spectacle (1977), Black & Red, Detroit
20. Deleuze, G. (1992). In Postscript on the societies of control, October, Winter (Vol. 59, pp. 3-7).
21. Du Gay P. Consumption and identity at work (1996), Sage, London
22. Ewenstein B., and Whyte J. Beyond words: Aesthetic knowledge and knowing in organizations. Organization Studies 28 5 (2007) 689-708
23. Febvre L., and Martin H.-J. The coming of the book: The impact of printing 1450-1800 (1997), Verso, London and New York (D. Gerard, Trans.)
24. Florida R. The rise of the creative class (2002), Basic Books, New York
25. Flusser V. Towards a philosophy of photography (1983/2000), Reaktion Books, London
26. Flusser V. In: Ströhl A. (Ed). Writings (2002), The University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis and London (E. Eisel, Trans.)
27. Gay P. The bourgeois experience Victoria to Freud Education of the senses Vol. 1 (1984), Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford
28. Gitelman L. Always already new: Media, history and the data of culture (2006), The MIT Press, Cambridge and London
29. Guillén M.F. Models of management: Work, authority, and organization in a comparative perspective (1994), The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London
30. Hardt M., and Negri A. Empire (2000), Harvard University Press., Cambridge and London
31. Hughes J.A., ÓBrien J., Randall D., Rouncefield M., and Tolmie P. Some 'real' problems on 'virtual' organisation. New Technology, Work and Employment. 16 1 (2001) 49-64
32. James W. Principles of psychology Vol. 1 (1890/1950), Dover, London
33. Jay M. Vision in context: Reflection and refractions. In: Brennan T., and Jay M. (Eds). Vision in context: Historical and contemporary perspectives on sight (1996), Routledge, New York and London 1-12 (1996)
34. Kracauer S. Photography in The mass ornament: Weimar essays (1995), Harvard University Press, Cambridge and London (T.Y. Levin, Trans.)
35. Krämer S. The cultural techniques of time axis manipulation: On Friedrich Kittler's conception of media. Theory, Culture and Society 3 7-8 (2006) 93-109
36. Krikman B.L., Rosen B., Tesluk P.E., and Gibson C.B. The impact of team empowerment on virtual team performance: The moderating role of face-to-face interaction. Academy of Management Journal 47 2 (2004) 175-192
37. Lacan J. The four fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis: The seminars of Jacques Lacan. Book XI (1998), W.W. Norton, New York and London (A. Sheridan, Trans.)
38. Lanham R. The economics of attention: Style and substance in the age of information (2006), University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London
39. Manovich L. The language of new media (2001), The MIT Press, Cambridge and London
40. Manovich L. Generation flash. In: Kyong W.H., and Keenen T. (Eds). New media old media: A history and theory reader (2006), Routledge, New York and London 209-218 (2006)
41. Maravelias C. Post-bureaucracy: Control through professional freedom. Journal of Organization Change Management 16 5 (2003) 547-566
42. March J.G., and Olsen J. Ambiguity and choice in organizations (1976), Universitetsforlaget, Oslo
43. Markus M.L., Manviolle B., and Agres C.E. What makes a virtual organization work. Sloan Management Review, Fall (2000) 13-26
44. Maznevsky M.L., and Chudoba K.M. Bridging space over time: Global virtual team dynamics and effectiveness. Organization Science 11 5 (2000) 473-492
45. McLuhan M. The Gutenberg galaxy: The making of typographic man (1962), Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
46. McLuhan M. Understanding media (1964), Signet Books, New York
47. Münsterberg H. Psychology and industrial efficiency (1913), Houghton Mifflin, Boston
48. Ocasio W. Towards an attention-based view of the firm [Special issue on "Organizational and competitive interactions"]. Strategic Management Journal 18 (1997) 187-206
49. Orlikowski W.J. Sociomaterial practices: Exploring technology at work. Organization Studies 28 9 (2007) 1435-1448
50. Powell W.W., and Snellman K. The knowledge economy. Annual Review of Sociology 30 (2004) 199-220
51. Power M. The audit society. In: Hopwood A.G., and Miller P. (Eds). Accounting as social and institutional practice (1994), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
52. Prentice R. The anatomy of surgical simulations: The mutual articulation of bodies in and through the machine. Social Studies of Science 35 6 (2005) 837-866
53. Rajagopal A. Imperceptible perceptions in out technological modernity. In: Chun, Kyong W.H., and Keenen T. (Eds). New media old media: A history and theory reader (2006), Routledge, New York and London 277-286
54. Rajan K.S. Biocapital: The constitution of postgenomic life (2006), Duke University Press, Durham
55. Rose N. Governing the soul: The shaping of the private self (1990), Routledge, London
56. Saxenian A. Regional advantage: Culture and competition in Silicon valley and Route 128 (1994), Harvard University Press, Cambridge and London
57. Schopenhauer A. The world as will and idea (1995), Everyman, London
58. In: Schwartz V.R., and Przyblyski J.M. (Eds). The nineteenth-century visual culture reader (2004), Routledge, London and New York
59. Sloan Jr. A.P. My years with General Motors (1964), Doubleday, New York
60. Sontag S. On photography (1973), Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
61. Simmel G. The metropolis and mental life. In: Levine D.A. (Ed). On individuality and social forms selected writings (1971), The University Press of Chicago, Chicago 324-339
62. Steuer J. Defining virtual reality: Dimensions determining telepresence. Journal of Communication 42 4 (1992) 73-93
63. Taylor S.S., and Hansen H. Finding form: Looking at the field of organizational aesthetics. Journal of Management Studies 42 6 (2005) 1211-1231
64. von Helmholtz H. From Treatise on physiological optics. In: Schwatz R. (Ed). Perception (2004), Blackwell, Oxford and Malden 42-49 (2004)
65. von Hippel E. Economics of product development by users: The impact of "sticky" local information. Management Science 44 5 (1998) 629-644
66. Yates J.A. Control through communication (1989), The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London
67. Weick K.E., and Sutcliffe K.M. Mindfulness and thew quality of organizational attention. Organization Science 17 4 (2006) 514-524
68. Whyte W.H. The organization man (1956), Simon and Schuster, New York
69. Wren D.A. The evolution of management thought (1972), The Ronald Press Company, New York