The cult of the amateur

By Andrew Keen

Subjects: Culturele aspecten, Internet, Sozialer Wandel, MySpace.com, Aspect economique, Current Events, Blogs, World wide web, Nonfiction, Social Change, Self-publishing, Online social networks, Geltungsbedu˜rfnis, Societe informatisee, Changement social, Social aspects of Internet, Silicon Valley, User Generated Content, Amateurs, Social Sciences, New York Times reviewed, Soziokultureller Wandel, Edition a compte d'auteur, User-generated content, Internet, economic aspects, Economic aspects, Information society, Social aspects of Blogs, Social aspects, Sociology & Social History, YouTube (Electronic resource), World Wide Web 2.0, Youtube (electronic resource), Aspect social, Weblogs, Social change, Informationsgesellschaft, Web 2.0, Internet, social aspects, Economic aspects of Internet, Myspace.com

Description: Entrepreneur Andrew Keen warns of what he sees as a narcissistic and cancerous culture developing with the invent of Web 2.0, whereby professionals are put out of business and the value of the media that we consume drops immensely.