The cult of the amateur :

Keen, Andrew.

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. - New York : Doubleday, c2007. - xv, 236 p. ; 21 cm.

Expanded version of the author's The cult of the amateur : how today's internet is killing our culture. "With a new foreword and a new chapter on Web 2.0 and politics"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221) and index.

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 -- Web 2.0 and politics.

9780385520812 (pbk : alk. paper)

2007048058


MySpace.com.
YouTube (Electronic resource)


Blogs--Social aspects.
Online social networks.
User-generated content.
Internet--Social aspects.
Internet--Economic aspects.
Information society.
Self-publishing.

303.48 / KEE-C 2007 6702