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The cult of the amateur
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2de druk, 2008. Paperback, zo goed als nieuw.
Our most valued cultural institutions, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen warns, are being overtaken by an avalanche of amateur, user-generated free content. Newspaper revenues are being siphoned off thanks to free classified ads on sites like Craigslist; television networks are under attack from user-generated programming on YouTube; file-sharing and digital piracy have devastated the music business and threaten to undermine our movie industry. Worse, our "cut-and-paste" online culture robs artists, authors, journalists, musicians, editors and producers of the fruits of their creative labors. And in today's self-broadcasting culture, where the distinction between trained expert and uninformed amateur becomes dangerously blurred, truth becomes a commodity to be bought, sold, packaged and reinvented.
In a hard hitting and provocative polemic that offers concrete solutions on how we can rein in the freewheeling, narcisstic atmosphere that pervades the Web, the cult of the Amateur is a wake-up call to each and every one of us.
Our most valued cultural institutions, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen warns, are being overtaken by an avalanche of amateur, user-generated free content. Newspaper revenues are being siphoned off thanks to free classified ads on sites like Craigslist; television networks are under attack from user-generated programming on YouTube; file-sharing and digital piracy have devastated the music business and threaten to undermine our movie industry. Worse, our "cut-and-paste" online culture robs artists, authors, journalists, musicians, editors and producers of the fruits of their creative labors. And in today's self-broadcasting culture, where the distinction between trained expert and uninformed amateur becomes dangerously blurred, truth becomes a commodity to be bought, sold, packaged and reinvented.
In a hard hitting and provocative polemic that offers concrete solutions on how we can rein in the freewheeling, narcisstic atmosphere that pervades the Web, the cult of the Amateur is a wake-up call to each and every one of us.