SoRA in the Press

News & Magazines

• Los Angeles Review of Books. “Fighting the Frackers.” August, 2026.

• WHITEHOT MAGAZINE. “Beyond Dark Flow at the Strother School of Radical Attention.” June, 2026.

• La Croix.“Les écrans fracturent nos capacités d’attention.” June, 2026.

• El País.“Los bares en España funcionan como un santuario contra las redes sociales.” June, 2026.

• IDEES. “Nos Cerveaux sont fractures par le capitalisme de plateforme.” June, 2026.

• Psychology Today. “How Therapists Can Help Rebuild Our Attention.”June, 2026.

• El Espanol. “'Friends of Attention', los expertos que se han lanzado a una cruzada para 'curarnos' de la adicción a las pantallas.” June, 2026.

• Economy Chosun.“AI 시대 인간 중심 교육의 핵심은 주의력을 보호하는 것.” June, 2026.

• HoyEsArte.“Graham Burnett Paremos El-fracking Humano.” June, 2026.

• Télérama. “Libérons l’attention.” May, 2026.

• Forbes. “The Age of Acceleration Will Be Unlike Anything That Has Come Before.” May, 2026.

• Fortune. “Meet the millennial and Gen Z ‘attention activists’ who are trying desperately to unplug from their phones.” May, 2026.

• The Economic Times.“Attention activism gains global momentum – why it matters?.” April, 2026.

• BK Reader.“This Brooklyn Nonprofit Uses Attention as a Political Tool.” April, 2026.

• USA Today.“See inside a phone-free party in Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg.” April, 2026

• Sabah Daily. “Life beyond screen: Attention activism urges putting phones down.” April, 2026.

• Curbed. “259 Things New Yorkers Should Know.” April, 2026.

• AP News.“A small but Growing Movement Wants You to Put Down Your Phone. but First Read This.” April, 2026.

• Le Parisien.“« Je me suis ennuyé, il faut l’accepter » : vivre un mois sans smartphone, le pari de jeunes Américains pour déconnecter.” April, 2026.

• Valor Economico. “Activists call for renewed focus on ‘attention’.” April, 2026.

• Taz. “Immer mehr Menschen merken, dass etwas nicht stimmt.” March, 2026.

• Non Sprecare!. “La Scuola dell’attenzione nata a New York per proteggere dal potere della tecnologia.” March, 2026.

• Veja. “Os desconectados.”March, 2026.

• Estadão. “Rede social não é descanso, é ceder autonomia ao algoritmo que molda nossa vida, diz escritor.” March, 2026.

• Intercept Brasil. “Para resistir às big techs, você precisa aderir ao ativismo da atenção.” March, 2026.

• Ninja. “Movimento internacional denuncia o impacto das big techs na mente humana para lucrar com a atenção.” March, 2026.

• New York Magazine. “How to LEARN SOMETHING NEW.”March, 2026.

• La Repubblica. “State Attenti.”March, 2026.

• Respekt. “Technologické firmy těží naši pozornost jako ropu. Musíme se vzepřít.”March, 2026.

• Thinking Faith Network. “Review: Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement.” March, 2026.

• Revista Salto. “Quem controla sua atenção? O novo campo de batalha entre tecnologia, liberdade e consciência.” March, 2026.

• ISTOÉ. “Debate em São Paulo discute o ‘fraturamento humano’ pelas big techs.” March, 2026.

• Nossa Causa. “ONG traz ao Brasil referência mundial em economia da atenção.” March, 2026.

• Estado de Minas. “Economia da atenção, guerra e o cansaço de existir.” March, 2026.

• BFC. “Evento traz ao Brasil coautor de manifesto que denuncia captura da atenção pelas Big Techs.” March, 2026.

• Folha D.Sao Paulo. “Celular é uma máquina de US$ 15 tri te espionando e isso é um risco para a liberdade, diz escritor.” March, 2026.

• Expresso. “O negócio da atenção.” March, 2026.

• El Confidencial. “La gran guerra del siglo XXI ya ha estallado y este historiador de Princeton es el líder de la rebelión.” February, 2026.

• TeenVogue. “College Students Not Reading Is an Issue, So Teachers Are Adjusting How Classes Look.” January, 2026.

• The Earthbound Report. “Book review: Attensity, by The Friends of Attention.” February, 2026.

• InsideHook. “What Is a Life of Nonstop Ads Doing to Our Minds?.” February, 2026.

• Read Your Color. “Your RYC Release Report.” January, 2026.

• The Ink. “WATCH: How to stop human fracking.” January, 2026.

• The Telegraph. “The books to look forward to in 2026.” January, 2026.

• Chicago Review of Books. “12 Must-Read Books of January 2026.” January, 2026.

• Burned By Books. “Attensity!.” January, 2026.

• Literary Hub. “Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026.” January, 2026.

• Daily Kos. “Nonfiction Views: Henry Ford, the Elon Musk of his day, plus the week's new nonfiction.” January, 2026.

• LearningWell. “Warning: Your Attention is Being Fracked.” December, 2025.

• Die Zeit. “Wo war ich gerade? Was wollte ich noch mal?” November, 2025.

• Tusk & Quill. “My Week at the School of ‘Radical Attention’.” August, 2025.

• Daily Bulldog. “An Interview With The Year 2026.” December, 2025.

• The New Yorker. “Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?.” April, 2025.

• The New York Times. “12 Predictions for Life in 2025.” December, 2024.

• The Atlantic. “A ‘radical’ approach to reclaiming your attention.” December, 2024.

• Der Volkskrant. “'Never before in history has there been a thing that could convert something as essential as attention into money at any time of the day.’” December, 2024.

• Neue Zürcher Zeitung. “Aufstand der Aufmerksamen.” November, 2024.

• New York Review of Architecture. “On the front lines of the attention liberation movement.” June, 2024

• The New Yorker. “The Battle for Attention.” April, 2024.

• The New York Times. “Powerful Forces Are Fracking Our Attention. We Can Fight Back.” November, 2023.

• Princeton Alumni Weekly. “Peter Schmidt ’20 Helped Launch a School to Cultivate Attention.” November, 2023.

• Uniarts Helsinki. “Vis­it­ing pro­fes­sor D. Gra­ham Bur­nett: Art and the At­ten­tion Econ­omy.” March, 2023.

• Los Angeles Review of Books. “A Roundtable on COVID-19 and The Attention Economy.” June, 2020.

Podcasts & Radio

• The Economist. “Attention, Please!.” August, 2026.

• Periferia do Futuro. “EP. 15 — Exclusivo | Peter Schmidt, da Strother School of Radical Attention: por que os mais ricos estão protegidos das Big Techs.” July, 2026.

• Overthink Podcast. “Ep. 176: Attention.” June, 2026.

• Lapham's Quarterly. “Wither The Humanties?” June, 2026.

• Wonder Cabinet Podcast. “Rewilding attention with D. Graham Burnett.” June, 2026.

• Espacio Fundación Telefónica Madrid. “An Encounter with D. Graham Burnett.” June, 2026.

• RadioFrance. “Crise de l’attention : comment lutter pour la retrouver?.” May, 2026.

• The Commonweal Podcast. “Reclaiming Attention.” April, 2026.

• CAN WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?. “Is it time for a movement to reclaim attention? Discussing Attensity! with the Friends of Attention.” March, 2026.

• Rabiscos. “A Guerra Pela Nossa atenção - com Peter Schmidt.” March, 2026.

• KJCC. “This professor says Big Tech's exploitation of our attention is like tobacco companies in the '50s.” February, 2026.

• Intelligence Squared. “The Trillion Dollar Battle For Your Attention, with Peter Schmidt and D.Graham Burnett.” February, 2026.

• Otherppl. “Something Rotten at the Root.” February, 2026.

• LearningWell. “Attention Activism with D. Graham Burnett.” January, 2026.

• The New Books Network. “The Friends of Attention, “Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement” (Crown, 2026).” January, 2026.

• Factually! with Adam Conover. “You Are Being Robbed of Your Attention with D.Graham Burnett and Peter Schmidt.” January, 2026.

• Lapham Quarterly. “Episode 21: The Friends of Attention.” January, 2026.

• Keen on America. “Human Fracking: The $17 Trillion War for Your Attention.” January, 2026.

• Shaping Sciences. “D.Graham Burnett on the Philosophy of Science, the Crisis of Human Fracking, and the Need for Attention Sanctuaries.” November, 2025.

• Hard Fork. “A.I School is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education.” September, 2025.

• Iona University. “Exploring Attention.” May, 2025.

• Stay Human from the Artificiality Institute. “D.Graham Burnett: Attention and much more.”February, 2025.

• The Endangered Mind. “How technology is hacking your brain with Princeton professor D.Graham Burnett.” February, 2025.

• Poll Hub. “Are we Losing Focus?” December, 2024.

• Radio New Zealand. “Feature Interview: D. Graham Burnett.” August, 2024.

• The Ezra Klein Show. “Your Mind is Being Fracked.” May, 2024.

• The Crux of the Story. “Princeton Professor D. Graham Burnett is Fighting the Forces Fracking Our Attention.” February, 2024.

• The Lever. “Big Tech is ‘Attention Fracking’ Our Brain.” December, 2023.

• Encounters.“D. Graham Burnett and Sal Randolph.” June, 2021.

• Encounters.“D. Graham Burnett and Stevie Knauss.” June, 2021.

Television

• Roda Viva. “PETER SCHMIDT” June, 2026.

• Fox 5 New York. “Big Tech Is Fracking Your Brain. Here’s How.” June, 2026.

• Estadão. “Peter Schmidt critica redes sociais: 'Único propósito é fazer dinheiro a partir de nossa atenção'.” March, 2026.

• CBN. “Jornal da CBN.” March, 2026.

• Al Rojo Vivo. “El lado oscuro de la tecnología: expertos explican por qué usuarios pasan horas viendo el celular.” February, 2025.

  New Media & Newsletters

• Jared Henderson. “The Revolt Against Technology.” June, 2026.

• The Englewood Review of Books. “The Friends of Attention – Attensity! Review.” June, 2026.

• That Practical Mom. “What Living Without a Smartphone Gave Me Back.” June, 2026.

• Hinternet Foundation Summer School. “Whither the Humanities? Syllabus.” June, 2026.

• Against the Grain. “Against the Attention Economy.” June, 2026.

Our Publications

• The New York Times. “This Is the Solution to America’s Literacy Crisis, and It’s a Lot of Fun.” August, 2026.

• Counterstream. Peace & Riot Issue 05: The AI Issue. April, 2026.

• Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil. “Para resistir aos abusos das Big Techs, precisamos de ‘santuários da atenção.’”March, 2026.

• The Paris Review. “Looking at Attention.” February, 2026.

• Los Angeles Times. “Op-comic: Thinking in circles.” February, 2026.

• Porchlight. “Attention Activism: A Rallying Cry to Fight the Commodification of Human Attention.” February, 2026.

• Psychology Today. “How Therapists Can Heal Our Attention.” January, 2026.

• UnHerd. “The illusions of diversity We are all slaves to moneyworld now.” January, 2026.

• The World in Time. “Blessing the Sow.” January, 2026.

• Psychology Today. “The Healing Power of Real Human Attention.” January, 2026.

• The Public Domain Review. “Cybernetic Attention.” January, 2026.

• e-flux. “Machinic Attention and Its Adversaries: A Manifesto.” January, 2026.

• Inside Higher Education. “The Classroom as an Attention Sanctuary.” January, 2026.

• The Nation. “Are Cell Phones to Blame for the Youth Loneliness Epidemic?.” December, 2025.

• Metaphilosophy. “Human Attention as a Philosophical Problem: The Question, and the Nature of Questions.” November, 2025.

• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. “Attention sanctuaries: Social practice guidelines and emergent strategies in attention activism.” March, 2025.

• U.S. News and World Report. “How Social Media is Fracturing Our Attention — and Destroying Democracy.” January, 2025.

• The Princetonian. “Turning the tide on ‘human fracking’.” September, 2024.

• History and Theory. “The Eye and the Mind: Mary Cheves West Perky, Imaginative Phenomenology, and the Historiography of Reverse Hallucination.” June, 2024.

• The Nation. “The Use of “Attention Capture” Technologies in Our Classrooms Has Created a Crisis.” April, 2024.

• Asterisk 4. “Fracking Eyeballs.” October, 2023.