The cult of the amateur
how blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2007 - Currency Doubleday, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
59,000 words, Guess
Page Count
236 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecultofamateurhow0000keen_u9j2
- ISBN-139780385520812
- ISBN-100385520816
- Goodreads2053338
- Library of Congress Control Number2007048058
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number182856989
- Better World Books9780385520812
- Open LibraryOL17069555M
Classifications
- DDC303.48/33
- LCCHM851 .K43 2007
- LCCHM851.K43 2007
Description
Entrepreneur Andrew Keen warns of what he sees as a narcissistic and cancerous culture developing with the invent of Web 2.0, whereby professionals are put out of business and the value of the media that we consume drops immensely.
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- The cult of the amateur: how blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values
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