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This mass amateurization is an end to the scarcity of media outlets.
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Yes, some people refer to mass amateurization when referring to web 2.0, 3.0 or whatever you like to call it, but to me, with Google Wave about to break, we have an unprecedented opportunity to engage people in discussions about books.
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The principal effect of weblogs is instead mass amateurization.
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[…] The amateurization of cyberwarfare has been one permanent feature of virtually all recent cyber-attacks that somehow implicated Russia; it may be part of a broader Kremlin effort to “crowdsource” its defenses and offenses to groups of nationalistic vigilantes, not just in cyberspace.
Global Voices in English » Georgia, Russia: Cyber Attacks on Blogger ‘Cyxymu’ 2009
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The principal effect of weblogs is instead mass amateurization.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Existing music and media businesses are in a state of turmoil, with no clear strategy to deal with the rise of mass amateurization and cheap and easy distribution tools.
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Another definition of “mass amateurization” is “mob rule.”
Gutenberg Is Dead; Long Live Gutenberg - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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In the last decade, the old paradigm of publishing — in which editors cautiously selected content, anxiously assessed its potential appeal and profitability, then painstakingly edited and proofed before printing their costly pages — has been overtaken by what Shirky calls “mass amateurization,” or, in lay speak: blogging.
Gutenberg Is Dead; Long Live Gutenberg - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Existing music and media businesses are in a state of turmoil, with no clear strategy to deal with the rise of mass amateurization and cheap and easy distribution tools.
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In the last decade, the old paradigm of publishing — in which editors cautiously selected content, anxiously assessed its potential appeal and profitability, then painstakingly edited and proofed before printing their costly pages — has been overtaken by what Shirky calls “mass amateurization,” or, in lay speak: blogging.
Gutenberg Is Dead; Long Live Gutenberg - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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