Exploring consumer motivations for creating user-generated content

The advent of Web 2.0 technologies has enabled the efficient creation and distribution of user-generated content (UGC), resulting in vast changes in the online media landscape.
  

Exploring consumer motivations for creating user-generated content

Terry Daugherty, Matthew S. Eastin & Laura BrightThe University of Texas at Austin

INTRODUCTION

During the past several decades, the media landscape has evolved into a complex and dynamic conglomeration of both traditional and interactive media that seek to serve the needs of today's fast-paced lifestyles. While traditional media struggle under the weight of increased segmentation, the interactive environment provides the capacity to capitalize on this fragmented market by offering niche media vehicles that give consumers a voice amidst the whirlwind of information and advertising. In the online...

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