Amateur content production, networked innovation and innovation policy

Amateur content production, networked innovation and innovation policy

The central common feature of a number of recent technological developments (collectively referred to as Web 2.0) is collaborative production of content on an amateur basis, that is, for motives other than commercial reward. Amateur production of content generates significant external benefits that...

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Main Author: John Quiggin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2008-10-01
Series:Cultural Science
Online Access:https://culturalscience.org/articles/14
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