| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Valuational Presuppositions of the New Technology / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 2 New Technologies, Scientific Information, and Democratic Choice / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 3 Technological Impacts on Scholarly Publishing / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 4 The Political Economy of Database Technology / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 5 Copyright Legislation and Its Consequences / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 6 The Reproduction of Knowledge and the Maintenance of Property / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 7 From Computer Revolution to Intellectual Counter-revolution / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 8 Scholarly Communication and Academic Publishing / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 9 Expropiating Ideas--The Politics of Global Publishing / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 10 Scientific Access and Political Constraint to Knowledge / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 11 From Means of Production to Modes of Communication / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 12 Advertising Ideas and Marketing Products / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 13 Gatekeeping Functions and Publishing Truths / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 14 The Social Structure of Scholarly Communication / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 15 Social Science as Scholarly Communication / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 16 Experts, Audiences, and Publics / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 17 The Changing System of Author-Publisher Relations / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 18 Specialist Journals in America: Romantic Highs and Fiscal Bottoms / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 19 Publishing About Philanthropy / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 20 The Place of the Festschrift in Scholarly Publishing / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 21 Publishing, Prizing, and Praising / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 22 The Forms of Democracy: The Place of Scientific Standards in Advanced Societies / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 23 Toward a History of Social Science Publishing / Irving Louis Horowitz -- chapter 24 Scholarly Publishing as the Word Made Flesh / Irving Louis Horowitz |
| Summary |
"Communicating Ideas is the first attempt to place publishing in America in its political and commercial setting. The book addresses the political implications of scholarly communication in the era of the new computerized technology. Horowitz does so by examining classic problems of political theory in the context of property rights versus the presumed right to know, and the special strains involved in publishing as a business versus information as a public trust Offering a knowledgeable and insightful view of publishing in America and abroad, this book makes an important contribution to the study of mass culture in advanced societies. The discussion ranges considerably beyond scholarly publications into communication as a whole, encompassing a wide range of issues from cable and satelite television control to specialized issues in copyright legislation, the prize system in publishing, and the definition of standards of the industry. This new edition, expanded by fully one third, expands on such themes, and in addition deals with Horowitz's new research on the history of social science publishing. The first edition, published in 1986, was described by WE. Coleman as "a marvelous book which indeed offers a 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, in 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 a 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.""--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 7, 2017) |
| Subject |
Transaction Publishers.
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| SUBJECT |
Transaction Publishers fast |
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Scholarly publishing -- Political aspects
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Publishers and publishing -- Technological innovations
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Social science literature -- Publishing
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Communication in the social sciences.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Communication in the social sciences
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Publishers and publishing -- Technological innovations
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Scholarly publishing -- Political aspects
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Social science literature -- Publishing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351313223 |
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1351313223 |
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9781351313247 |
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135131324X |
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9781351313230 |
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1351313231 |
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