Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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980017
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b734387
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Main Entry
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Keen, Andrew.
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Title & Author
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The cult of the amateur : : how today's internet is killing our culture /\ Andrew Keen.
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Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: Doubleday/Currency,, ©2007.
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Page. NO
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228 pages ;; 22 cm
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ISBN
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0385520808
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: 9780385520805
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.
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Contents
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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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Abstract
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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.
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Subject
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Information society.
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Internet-- Economic aspects.
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Internet-- Social aspects.
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Self-publishing.
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Social change.
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Social Change.
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Social Sciences.
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Sociology Social History.
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Changement social.
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Édition à compte d'auteur.
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Internet-- Aspect économique.
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Internet-- Aspect social.
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Société informatisée.
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Geltungsbedürfnis
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Information society.
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Information society.
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Informationsgesellschaft
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Internet
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Internet-- Economic aspects.
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Internet-- Economic aspects.
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Internet-- Social aspects.
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Internet-- Social aspects.
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Self-publishing.
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Self-publishing.
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Social change.
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Social change.
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Sozialer Wandel
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Soziokultureller Wandel
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User Generated Content
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World Wide Web 2.0
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Amateurs.
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Culturele aspecten.
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Weblogs.
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World wide web.
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Internet.
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Amateurs.
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Culturele aspecten.
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Weblogs.
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World wide web.
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Dewey Classification
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303.48/33
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LC Classification
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HM851.K44 2007
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NLM classification
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303.48 K26c
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05.38bcl
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AP 14000rvk
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DAT 040fstub
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DAT 614fstub
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G206clc
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TP393clc
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TP393.4-05clc
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