produsage

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noun

User-driven content creation taking place over computer networks and blurring the traditional boundaries between consumption and production.

OriginEnglish usage ← Middle English usage ← Anglo-Norman usage →
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Meanings

nounprodusage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableUser-driven content creation taking place over computer networks and blurring the traditional boundaries between consumption and production.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  9. Proto-Italic*doukō
  10. Latindūcō
  11. Latinprōdūcō
  12. Latinprōductiō
  13. Old Frenchproduction
  14. Middle Englishproduccioun
  15. Englishproduction
  16. Anglo-Normanusage
  17. Middle Englishusage
  18. Englishusage
  19. Englishprodusage

Blend of production + usage, coined by Australian media scholar Axel Bruns.

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APA

produsage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/produsage

MLA

“produsage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/produsage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “produsage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/produsage.

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