15 - George Ritzer and Nathan Jurgenson's the Rise of Prosumer Capitalism
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In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss consider Ritzer and Jurgenson's theory of prosumer capitalism. Ritzer and Jurgenson investigate how there might be something novel and unique about prosumption in the digital world, which signals a shift in the way capitalism operates. Music and sound effects for this episode come from various sources and is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License/the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 or is covered by a SFX (Multi-Use) License. Tracks include: https://freesound.org/people/Tuben/sounds/272044/ https://freesound.org/people/funnyman850/sounds/194812/ https://freesound.org/people/JPMusic82/sounds/415511/
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