Title: Communicating Ideas: The Politics of Scholarly Publishing
Abstract: Ideas is the first attempt to place publishing America its political and commercial setting. The book addresses the political implications of scholarly communication the era of the new computerized technology. does so by examining classic problems of political theory the context of property rights versus the presumed right to know, and the special strains involved publishing as business versus information as public trust Offering knowledgeable and insightful view of publishing America and abroad, this book makes an important contribution to the study of mass culture advanced societies. The discussion ranges considerably beyond scholarly publications into communication as whole, encompassing wide range of issues from cable and satelite television control to specialized issues copyright legislation, the prize system publishing, and the definition of standards of the industry. This new edition, expanded by fully one third, expands on such themes, and addition deals with Horowitz's new research on the history of social science The first edition, published 1986, was described by WE. Coleman as a marvelous book which indeed offers realistic analysis of publishing. John P. Dessauer declared that no one thinking seriously about the future of scholarly communication can afford to ignore his work, particular his treatment of basic issues. Joseph Gusfield (Los Angeles Times), in his review, noted that Horowitz is alive to the possibilities and barriers for academics to reach wider audience and for lay persons to utilize scholarship. Both groups can learn much from this intelligent book. And Philip G. Altbach (Scholarly Publishing) concluded his review by saying that Communicating Ideas will be of interest not only to publishers and editors, but also to librarians and to sociologists of science.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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