Are we all online content creators now? Web 2.0 and digital divides

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 591-609

  Brake, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen journalism; Convergence culture; Creativity; Digital divide; Digital literacy; Participation divide; Produser; Prosumer; Self expression; Web 2.0; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

CITIZEN JOURNALISM; CONVERGENCE CULTURE; CREATIVITY; DIGITAL DIVIDE; DIGITAL LITERACIES; PARTICIPATION DIVIDE; PRODUSER; PROSUMER; SELF EXPRESSION; WEB 2.0; WIKIPEDIA;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 84898035533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12042     Document Type: Article

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