The cult of the amateur : how today's internet is killing our culture/ Andrew Keen.
Keen, Andrew.
2007
HM851 .K44 2007 (Mapit)
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Title The cult of the amateur : how today's internet is killing our culture/ Andrew Keen.
Author Keen, Andrew.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780385520805 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0385520808 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Doubleday/Currency, c2007.
Language English
Description 228 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number HM851 .K44 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.48/33
Summary Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen claims that today's new participatory Web 2.0 threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement. In today's self-broadcasting culture, where amateurism is celebrated and anyone with an opinion, however ill-informed, can publish a blog, post a video on YouTube, or change an entry on Wikipedia, the distinction between trained expert and uninformed amateur becomes blurred. When bloggers and videographers, unconstrained by professional standards or editorial filters, can manipulate public opinion, truth becomes a commodity to be bought, sold, packaged, and reinvented. The anonymity that Web 2.0 offers calls into question the reliability of the information we receive and creates an environment in which sexual predators and identity thieves can roam free. Keen urges us to consider the consequences of supporting a culture that endorses plagiarism and piracy and weakens traditional media and creative institutions.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213) and index.
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The great seduction
The noble amateur
Truth and lies
The day the music died, side A
The day the music died, side B
Moral disorder
1984, version 2.0
Solutions.

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