Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters by Joanna Walsh #joyce ISBN: 9780241562642

ISBN: 9780241562642

with hard work and great bravery

Publication: 23 Nov 2017

Centring the music

Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters by Joanna Walsh #joyce ISBN: 9780241562642Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to vlogs, tweets to memes: for the first time in history, making art became the fundamental form of communication. What started as fun soon became currency, something vital to finding friends, work, and love. Then, as 'meatspace' job security eroded, online creativity became work itself. Now an internet presence is no longer optional, platforms increasingly