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The Socjourn is my experiment in the potentials of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Results are as yet tentative but early indications suggest the potential for revolutionary transformation of the scholarly communication system, something that I hoped would…
I have just recently submitted an article entitled A Sociology of the Western Tarot for publication in a Sociology journal. The article takes an extended look at the origin and ideology of the Western Tarot, “pre-Halo” It is a scholarly take on…
I have just recently submitted an article entitled A Sociology of the Western Tarot for publication in a Sociology journal. The article takes an extended look at the origin and ideology of the Western Tarot, “pre-Halo” It is a scholarly take on…
I have just recently submitted an article entitled A Sociology of the Western Tarot for publication in a Sociology journal. The article takes an extended look at the origin and ideology of the Western Tarot, “pre-Halo” It is a scholarly take on…
I’m a sociologist at Athabasca University where I coordinate,amongst other things, the introductory sociology courses (Sociology I and Sociology II). FYI I did my dissertation in the political economy of scholarly communication (you can read it if you want). It’s…
The Electronic Journal of Sociology. The world’s first online scholarly journal of Sociology (Wiki Entry). Symbol of youthful academic exuberance and naivety. Put into abatement in order to free up time for me to explore other avenues of scholarly communication,…
Recently I decided to do some work on Wikipedia. The Wikipedia is of course an “open” knowledge commons, but there are still difficulties getting involved. I found the Wiki community, for example, to be quite resistant to scholarly intervention. This…
I have just recently submitted an article entitled A Sociology of the Western Tarot for publication in a Sociology journal. The article takes an extended look at the origin and ideology of the Western Tarot, “pre-Halo” It is a scholarly take on…
Published by Nelson Canada. Cite as: Sosteric, Mike (2013). Through the looking glass: engaging students in the new communication age. In Fostering Conversations: About Teaching Sociology in Canada. Toronto: Nelson. [] Through the looking glass: engaging students in the new…
Twelve years ago I spoke about the revolutionary potential of electronic scholarly communication (Sosteric, 1999;2001). At the time I suggested that electronic journals and electronic scholarly communication could solve the financial crises in library acquisitions, speed a frustratingly slow communication…
