prosumer
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- noun
- /ˈprōˌso͞omər/
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prosumer
- As a prosumer, she not only buys organic vegetables but also grows her own in the backyard.
- prosumer and consumer
So not professional creators, as we've as we know now, but more prosumers, more people who are more consumer than professional.
- So not professional creators, as we've as we know now, but more prosumers, more people who are more consumer than professional.
Examples
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Consumers are becoming prosumers (producers and consumers).
Academic text (2018) -
One such affordance Westera highlights is the manner in which Internet users are both producers and consumers of knowledge—that is, "prosumers." What this might mean in distance education contexts is fascinating to consider.
Academic text (2015) -
Indeed, one might be able to identify all sorts of evidence that online and mobile learners, in particular, are already acting as prosumers of knowledge.
Academic text (2015) -
So what's happened is millions of consumers became prosumers with the advent of the Internet.
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The prosumer model thus enables new didactic approaches that allow learners to create, adapt, share, and annotate their own learning content and contribute to ongoing debate among peers.
Academic text (2015) -
Many prosumers actively share their homemade videos on social media while learning from others.
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The rise of prosumers has changed the way companies develop products, as feedback comes directly from knowledgeable users.
Synonyms
A person who helps make a product and then uses it
Antonyms
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prosumer The noun prosumer mixes producer ('makes') and consumer ('uses'), so it describes a person who both creates and uses a product or service, for example someone who makes content and also uses and shares others'.