The Cult of the Amateur: How Blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the Rest of Today's User-generated Media are Destroying Our Economy,...
- ISBN-10
- 0385520816
- ISBN-13
- 9780385520812
- Series
- The Cult of the Amateur
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Currency
- Author
- Andrew Keen
Description
A Silicon Valley insider offers a provocative look at the dark side of the new digital revolution, Web 2.0, and its detrimental influence on modern-day culture, society, and business, explaining the devastating repercussions of this cult of the amateur and offering concrete solutions for countering its impact on modern life. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
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- 2011-03-04
- 272 pages
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- 2007-06-05
- 235 pages
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- 2007
- 228 pages
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