The cult of the amateur

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.

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

Times: 2004-2007