The cult of the amateur : how today's internet is killing our culture - KEEN (New York : Doubleday, 2007)
This book offers concrete solutions on how people can rein in the free-wheeling, narcissistic atmosphere that pervades the Web. It gives essential opinions and discussions so that readers will consider the consequences of blindly supporting a culture that endorses plagiarism and piracy, and that fundamentally weakens traditional media and creative institutions.
Keywords: Information society; Internet -- Economic aspect; Internet -- Social aspect; Self -- Publishing; Social change