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Prosumption

Evolution, revolution, or eternal return of the same

Bibliographic Data

ID5833752
AuthorsGeorge Ritzer (University of Maryland, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume14
Issue1
Pages3-24
Publication date2013-11-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Consumer Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1469-5405 • E-ISSN: 1741-2900
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1469540513509641
OpenAlexW2328517198
LanguageEN
Citations received92
References cited52

Prosumption, the interrelated process of production and consumption, is increasingly obvious everywhere, but especially on the internet where people "prosume," for example, Facebook pages, Wikipedia entries, and Amazon.com orders. But what is prosumption? Has it evolved out of recent behaviors? Or, is it new and revolutionary? Or, is it what we've always done? In fact, it is all three. Beyond dealing with these questions and re-conceptualizing much of what we do as prosumption rather than as either production or consumption, we reflect on the future of prosumption, as well as on the continuing utility of traditional concepts, paradigms, theories and methods that were created to deal with epochs, phenomena and processes seemingly focused on production or consumption

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