Andrew Keen

Author, Speaker, Broadcaster

In the mid 90s, Andrew Keen was a member of the pioneering generation of Silicon Valley visionaries and he founded Audiocafe.com in 1995. Andrew Keen is also the founder and chief executive of AfterTV and his famous book, ‘The Cult of the Amateur – How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture’, established him as one of the leading contemporary critics of citizen media.

About the session

Debate: Hirshberg vs. Keen [2007]

Peter Hirshberg meets Andrew Keen in a debate about web 2.0.SPEAKERS: Peter Hirshberg (US), Chairman of the Executive Committee & CMO, Technorati // Andrew Keen (UK), Author of ‘The Cult of the Amateur’
MODERATOR: Martin Krasnik (DK), journalist, Weekendavisen

Hirshberg and Keen offer radically different views on the state of the internet and how the transition from customers and audience to partaking producers will affect the media business.

Related:
VIDEO: Andrew Keen – ‘The Great Digital Seduction’ @ New Media Days 2007
VIDEO: Peter Hirshberg – ‘The Rise of the Audience’ @ New Media Days 2007

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