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Histories of User-Generated Content: Between Formal and Informal Media Economies

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Lobato, Ramon, Thomas, Julian, Hunter, Dan·2011·SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI 10.2139/ssrn.1749803
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Debates about user-generated content (UGC) often depend on a contrast with its normative opposite, the professionally produced content that is supported and sustained by commercial media businesses or public organisations. UGC is seen to appear within or in opposition to professional media, often as a disruptive, creative, change-making force. Our suggestion is to position UGC not in opposition to professional or "producer media", or in hybridised forms of subjective combination with it (the so-called "pro-sumer" or "pro-am" system), but in relation to different criteria, namely the formal and informal elements in media industries. In this article, we set out a framework for the comparative and historical analysis of UGC systems and their relations with other formal and informal media activity, illustrated with examples ranging from games to talkback radio. We also consider the policy implications that emerge from a historicised reading of UGC as a recurring dynamic within media industries, rather than a manifestation of consumer agency specific to digital cultures.

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Authors
Lobato, R., Thomas, J., & Hunter, D.
Affiliations
  • RMIT University (AU)
  • King's College London (GB)
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Venue
SSRN Electronic Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011
Volume
1
Pages
3
ISSN
1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.1749803
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W2788798233
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en
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  • QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
  • Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Media and Digital Communication
  • Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
  • Social Sciences › Law › Intellectual Property Rights and Media
Keywords
user-generated content, media economics, professional media, prosumerism, media industry, media history, talkback radio, video games, media policy, consumer agency, digital culture

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