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

[Michel Bauwens]

think of books like johan soderbergh's on free software and hackers, sold
for over $100 if I'm not mistaken ... it's a tragedy ..




On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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>  On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
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>>
>> 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
>>
>>    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
>>
>>
>> best,
>> vinod
>>
>>
>> --
>> Prof. Vinod Pavarala
>> 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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>> End of digest for list ciresearchers - Thu Dec 31 20:56:05 2009
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