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User-generated content

LC control no.sh2007005697
LC classificationZA4482
Topical headingUser-generated content
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Variant(s)User-created content
See alsoElectronic information resources
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Social media
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Scope noteHere are entered works on the content contributed by users to the various social, or user-generated, media.
Found inWork cat.: 2007028822: User-generated content, c2008: ECIP galley (term came into popular usage in 2005 and was first used among new media and online publishing professionals; nonetheless, it remains a topic of debate as being a misleading and inadequate description)
Wikipedia, July 25, 2007 (User-generated content; also known as user-created content; refers to various kinds of media content that are produced by end-users)