The Cult of the Amateur
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| The Cult of the Amateur | |
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| Author | Andrew Keen |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Internet, Web 2.0 |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Currency |
| Publication date | June 5, 2007 |
| Pages | 228 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0385520808 |
The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture (ISBN 0385520808) is a 2007 book written by entrepreneur and Internet critic Andrew Keen. Published by Currency, Keen's first book is a critique of the enthusiasm surrounding user generated content, peer production, and other Web 2.0-related phenomena.
[edit] Contents
- 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.
[edit] See also
- Blogging
- Craigslist
- Crowdsourcing
- Intellectual property
- Internet gambling and internet pornography
- Journalism
- MySpace
- Publishing
- Wikipedia
- YouTube
[edit] External links
- Excerpt from Keen's blog
- Book review by The New York Times
- Review by Larry Sanger of Citizendium
- Keen's "The Cult of the Amateur": BRILLIANT! Scathing review by Lawrence Lessig
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