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KEYWORDS: ELECTRONIC JOURNALS; POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING; CRISES IN SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION This article examines the political economy of scholarly publication. After briefly outlining the contours of the current crises in the scholarly communication system, the article goes on to…
KEYWORDS: CYBERHATE; RACISM; NATIONALISM; NAZI; INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT; INVALIDATION MYTHS; INTERNET; HATE MONGERING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HOMOSEXUALITY This paper will attempt to demonstrate that cyberhate messages promoted on the Internet by organized political and religious hate groups incite hatred and promote harmful…
– Abstract – Introduction – The Service University and Market Discipline – Accountability – Changing Demographics – The Changing Classroom – Commodification, Colonization, and Discipline – Corporate Boards of Governors? – Counterpoints – EndNotes – References
KEYWORDS: COMMODIFICATION; COMMERCIALISATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; MARKET PENETRATION; NEOLIBERAL IDEOLOGIES; PUBLIC AWARENESS The article describes a preliminary study of a western Canadian university’s “research awareness campaign” and links it to the parallel appointment of a new president with a strong “public…
KEYWORDS: COMPUTERS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INTERNET; COMMERCIALIZATION; CREDIBILITY; ACCESS; SURVEILLANCE; PRIVACY The enormous educational potential of the Internet is threatened by the increasing commercialization of cyberspace. Beyond the obvious and often prohibitive costs of hardware, software, and Internet connectivity associated with…
Jeff Barry Cooperative Information Services Librarian The University of Tennessee Libraries Knoxville, TN 37996. [email protected]. The World-Wide Web initiative originated with the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in 1989 as an attempt to electronically distribute the literature of high-…
*NOTE: All authors contributed equally to this project. Mike Sosteric, Editor EJS Assistant Professor Centre for Global and Social Analysis Athabasca University [email protected] Gina Ratkovic Department of Sociology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Mike Gismondi, Associate Editor EJS Associate Professor…
Michelle Proulx Department of Sociology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario. Canada [email protected] Brian Campbell Department of Sociology and Anthropology Mount Allison University Sackville, New Brunswick. Canada [email protected] © 1997 Electronic Journal of Sociology Document hits Abstract The adoption of computer assisted…
WHERE IS NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION HEADED: LOW-WAGE LEAN PRODUCTION Carl H.A. Dassbach Department of Social Sciences Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931 [email protected] PHONE: (906) 487-2115 FAX: (906) 487-2468 This paper examines two trends in the restructuring of North…
Yuliang Liu What Does Research Say about the Nature of Computer-mediated Communication: Task-Oriented, Social-Emotion-Oriented, or Both? [HTML] Jason Powell and M. Edwards Policy Narratives of Aging: The Right Way, the Third Way or the Wrong Way? [HTML] Herb Thompson Cyberspace…
