The Cult of the Amateur : How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy

Author(s): Keen, Andrew

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Nicholas Brearley Publishing
Publication Year:	2007
ISBN:	9781857883930
Book ID:	000598
Catalogue(s):	Culture and Society

288pp. Folding card covered (single mild, short crease). In this lively and readable book, Keen urges us to challenge the mad culture of amateurism that rules the web. Do we really understand the consequences of blindly supporting a culture that endorses plagiarism and piracy and fundamentally weakens traditional media and creative instituitons?

Keywords:

internet culture