Amateur Media: Social, cultural and legal perspectives

by Julian Thomas, Ramon Lobato, Megan Richardson

Book Overview

The rise of Web 2.0 has pushed the amateur to the forefront of public discourse, public policy and media scholarship. Typically non-salaried, non-specialist and untrained in media production, amateur producers are now seen as key drivers of the creative economy. But how do the activities of citizen journalists, fan fiction writers and bedroom musicians connect with longer traditions of extra-institutional media production?

This edited collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415709075
• ISBN13: 9780415709071
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"