The Coming of Age of the Prosumer

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-398

  Ritzer, George ^a   Dean, Paul ^a   Jurgenson, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption; production; prosumption; social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858729798     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764211429368     Document Type: Article

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