Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From Production to Produsage

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Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From Production to Produsage
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Author Axel Bruns
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subjects New media
Wikipedia
User-generated content
Social media
GenreHuman-Computer Interaction
Communications
Publisher Peter Lang
Publication date
2008
Pages418
ISBN 9780820488660
OCLC 181910115

Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From Production to Produsage is a 2008 book about the new media by Axel Bruns. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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The book has been credited with coining and popularizing the term produsage. [8]

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References

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