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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

Paperback • 2008 • English

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

By Andrew Keen

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Amateur hour has arrived, and the audience is running the show In a hard-hitting and provocative polemic, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today’s new participatory Web 2.0 and reveals how it threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement. Our most valued cultural institutions, Keen warns—our professional newspapers, magazines, music, and movies—are being overtaken by...Show more

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9780385520812

Publisher

Crown

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

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

Format

Paperback

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