Automating prosumption: The decline of the prosumer and the rise of the prosuming machines

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 407-424

  Ritzer, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption; Internet of Things; production; prosumer; Prosumption; smart prosuming machines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935695321     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540514553717     Document Type: Review

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