Defining Prosumption for Marketing : Understanding the Nature of Prosumption after the Emergence of Internet-based Social Media

• Autorzy: Dorota Serafin
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Toffler is credited with the first use of the term prosumption". Since 1980 the name has been widely employed in academic papers. The term "prosumer" is made from "consumer" and "producer" to reflect the vanishing traditional separation between the two categories and their functions. Studies of the relevant literature have shown that there is no common agreement on how the phenomenon should be defined. This paper attempts to develop a clarified theory-grounded definition of prosumption. Analyzis of mainstream and progressive academic literature aims to capture the variety of prosumption phenomenon definitions and its prevailing properties. Moreover, with the emergence of Web 2.0, the phenomenon of prosumption is gaining importance. Academic research of business practices shows that Internet properties empower consumers to become prosumers and that prosumption has found its most favorable place there. Synthesis of the literature studies, supported by examples of business practice, serves as a means to offer a new, comprehensive definition of prosumption. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Web 2.0; Business practices; Consumer; Cooperation with manufacturer; Prosumption; Prosumer

PL

Web 2.0; Praktyki biznesowe; Konsument; Współpraca z producentem; Prosumpcja; Prosument

• Czasopismo: International Journal of Management and Economics
• Rocznik: 2012
• Numer: nr 36
• Strony: 124--141

Twórcy

autor

Dorota Serafin

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