prosumption

English

Etymology

Blend of production +‎ consumption.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmpʃən

Noun

prosumption (uncountable)

1. (sociology) The contribution to product development by end users.
   • 2013, Małgorzata Pańkowska, Frameworks of IT Prosumption for Business Development, page XX:

     The chapter covers the review of approaches that have been developed by prosumption specialists to improve the integration between the production for use and production for sale.

   • 2017, Debra Benita Shaw, Posthuman Urbanism: Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space:

     In fact they suggest that the rise of prosumption signals a new stage of capitalism in which it no longer makes sense to speak of workers as exploited.

   • 2019, Frederick F. Wherry, Ian Woodward, The Oxford Handbook of Consumption, page 77:

     Although they did not have the concept until recently, sociologists, social theorists, and other students of society and the media have always focused, albeit unknowingly, on prosumption.

See also

• metaconsumer