[p2p-research] Special Issue on Citizen's Media

[Ryan Lanham]

The irony on cost here is an old rant of mine.  Irony in the extreme.
Reminds me of the George Siemens article I recently sent out.  Goodness but
universities are a disappointment when it comes to openness.

Ryan


On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> There is a special issue on citizen's media and communication in the
> journal, *Development in Practice*, vol.19, issue 4 & 5, with articles by
> juan salazar, alfonso dagron, dorothy kidd, jo tacchi, and many others. Very
> interesting issue, exploring lot of the big issues about which all of us
> have been concerned. Right now it's free to download.
> http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g913327026<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Edb=all%7Econtent=g913327026>
>
> The problem is that the cost to the end user for such publications under
> normal circumstances is such as to be prohibitive for virtually all in the
> developing world and increasingly many in the Developed World.
>
> As the Editor/publisher of a parallel journal it would be great to be able
> to do 8 issues a year, have a professional looking and feature rich website,
> have professional editing and proofreading etc...
>
> I'm not sure of an easy way out of this dilemma but the major research
> funders and users should be trying to figure out what to do since neither of
> the alternatives -- voluntary publishing open archive, vs. prohibitively
> expensive for-profit is sustainable over the longer term.
>
> MBG
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* cr-india-bounces at sarai.net [mailto:cr-india-bounces at sarai.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Vinod Pavarala
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 29, 2009 5:42 PM
> *To:* cr-india at sarai.net
> *Subject:* [cr-india] Special Issue on Citizen's Media
>
> There is a special issue on citizen's media and communication in the
> journal, *Development in Practice*, vol.19, issue 4 & 5, with articles by
> juan salazar, alfonso dagron, dorothy kidd, jo tacchi, and many others. Very
> interesting issue, exploring lot of the big issues about which all of us
> have been concerned. Right now it's free to download.
> http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g913327026<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Edb=all%7Econtent=g913327026>
>
>
> best,
> vinod
>
>
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> Head, Department of Communication & Dean
> Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication
> University of Hyderabad
> Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046
> Phone: +91-40-23135500/23011553 (off)
> http://tiny.cc/deptofcomm
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