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Jovan Maud

Times Higher Education - How publishers feather their nests on open access to public money - 0 views

www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp

open access publishing

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  • Jovan Maud on 05 Nov 12
     
    Another article focusing on the problem of profiteering and tax avoidance by academic publishing companies. Although this might be seen as a UK issue, this affects our ability to do research in Germany too. I can't count the number of times that I've looked for articles and found that the SUB does not subscribe to the journal in question. No doubt the reason for this is the pricing models that the publishing houses are employing.
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The Memory Bank » Blog Archive » Opening Anthropology: An interview with Keit... - 0 views

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open access anthropology

shared by Jovan Maud on 21 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • I have discussed what happened next, at least for Britain, in “How my generation let down our students [5]”. The watershed of the 1970s culminated in the neoliberal counter-revolution that saw Reagan and Thatcher come to power. Competitive pseudo-markets based academic assessment on so-called “objective” indicators, especially research publications. Bureaucracies became more interventionist along with the wholesale corporatization of university culture. What was left of academic community was destroyed by the growing gap between a few established professors who took leave often and a reserve army of precarious young teachers. The publishing oligopoly exhausted library budgets with their over-priced journals, while the academics competed for the status of getting published in them. Everyone agrees that the contents are worthless and are not read. Faced with the challenge of the internet, most academics did their utmost to maintain the system of feudal private property that has now overwhelmed the universities.
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Netizens warned against 'liking' photo | Bangkok Post: breakingnews - 0 views

www.bangkokpost.com/...eatened-for-liking-photo-gaffe

web 2.0 politics censorship

shared by Jovan Maud on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Jovan Maud on 22 Oct 12
     
    "Netizens warned against 'liking' photo Published: 19/10/2012 at 06:04 PM Online news: Thai web users have been warned against sharing or "liking" the controversial picture of a Thai reporter standing near a photo of the late Cambodian king visible in a newspaper placed on the ground. Information and communication technology (ICT) permanent secretary Chaiyan Peungkiatpairote warned that anyone doing so may be in breach of the computer crimes law. At a press conference on Friday he appealed to the Thai social network users not to forward or click "like" on the photo or messages associated with it, saying doing so may lead to conflict between the two countries. It may also violate the Computer Crimes Act 2007, which prohibits the dissemination of content deemed threatening to national security. The law provides for a maximum five-year jail sentence, he said. Mr Chaiyan also urged the general public to refrain from disseminating or otherwise circulating the image to help maintain good bilateral ties between Thailand and Cambodia. Cambodia's social media network was abuzz on Wednesday over a photo of Thapanee Eadsrichai, a well-known reporter from Channel 3, in which it appeared she was standing over newspaper photos of King Sihanouk placed on the ground. The photo drew extensive criticism from both Cambodians and Thais. The journalist and her Channel 3 bosses quickly apologised. Ms Thapanee said she had no intention of showing disrespect to king Sihanouk and the newspaper wasn't actrually near her, it just appeared so from the angle the photo was taken. The Thai Foreign Ministry also stepped in to clear the air over the issue. The Cambodian government said in a statement released on Thursday that all Cambodian people should avoid ill-intentioned attempts by some political groups to use the case to stir instability in the country and cause problems with neighbouring countries. "
  • Jovan Maud on 22 Oct 12
     
    This is an interesting case where even "liking" a photo could be deemed a "computer crime" in the Thai context. It is worth noting there that relations between Thailand and Cambodia have been tense for a variety of reasons, and that in both countries placing an image of a respected person below one's feet (which are considered dirty) is deemed a grave insult.
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How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputatio... - 0 views

firstlook.org/...jtrig-manipulation

protest politics NSA surveillance public sphere hackers hacktivism

shared by Jovan Maud on 25 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • hat these agencies are attempting to control, infiltrate, manipulate, and warp online discourse, and in doing so, are compromising the integrity of the internet itself.
  • 1) to inject all sorts of false material onto the internet in order to destroy the reputation of its targets; and (2) to use social sciences and other techniques to manipulate online discourse and activism to generate outcomes it considers desirable.
  • In fact, the discussion of many of these techniques occurs in the context of using them in lieu of “traditional law enforcement” against people suspected (but not charged or convicted) of ordinary crimes or, more broadly still, “hacktivism”, meaning those who use online protest activity for political ends.
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  • As Anonymous expert Gabriella Coleman of McGill University told me, “targeting Anonymous and hacktivists amounts to targeting citizens for expressing their political beliefs, resulting in the stifling of legitimate dissent.” Pointing to this study she published, Professor Coleman vehemently contested the assertion that “there is anything terrorist/violent in their actions.”
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      Jovan Maud on 25 Feb 14
       
      N.B. Gabriella Coleman, anthropologist and author of "Coding freedom". 
  • Sunstein also proposed sending covert agents into “chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups” which spread what he views as false and damaging “conspiracy theories” about the government. Ironically, the very same Sunstein was recently named by Obama to serve as a member of the NSA review panel created by the White House, one that – while disputing key NSA claims – proceeded to propose many cosmetic reforms to the agency’s powers (most of which were ignored by the President who appointed them).
  • Jovan Maud on 25 Feb 14
     
    A key issue in debates about how digital technologies are transforming political discourse. In this case, what new possibilities are open to states to manipulate opinion, spread misinformation and to discredit opponents?
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Cell Phones in Papua New Guinea Used to Call Dead People | New Republic - 1 views

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  • We often fret that we’re too attached to our smartphones or that we let them wield too much influence over our lives. But our reverence for technology is relative. In the remote Ambonwari society of Papua New Guinea, villagers believe that cell phones are extensions of their human owners and can be used to commune with the departed.
  • When their calls don’t go through, they don’t blame shoddy service or wrong numbers; they believe the spirits of the dead can interfere with their connections.
  • They haven’t had time to develop telephone etiquette have, either. Back in Slovenia, Telban’s phone rings nonstop. “They really love just to ring me,” he said. He never knows who’s calling, since villagers share the phones, and as soon as he answers, the other person hangs up: They don’t have enough credit for an actual conversation. But Telban doesn’t mind. “They are my friends,” he said. “They’re just saying hello.”
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      Jovan Maud on 23 Jun 14
       
      Interesting point about phone etiquette, about cultural styles of using technology, and also how it might be the act of connecting, rather than communication per se, which is attractive to people.
  • Jovan Maud on 23 Jun 14
     
    By the way, there is a whole special issue on mobile phones in The Australian Journal of Anthropology which has just been published. The research on which this article was based is on of them. The current link for an "early view" is here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1757-6547/earlyview
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Anti-Vaxxers Are Using Twitter to Manipulate a Vaccine Bill | WIRED - 1 views

www.wired.com/...axxers-influencing-legislation

social media protest politics Twitter data

shared by Jovan Maud on 09 Jun 15 - No Cached
  • Since anti-vax activists lose on the science and are small in number, they have increasingly begun to rely on social media to inflate their presence. Twitter hashtags are particularly powerful because they transcend organized groups and the standard friend or follower relationships. More than any other social network, Twitter helps citizens to connect and organize in the real world even if they aren’t part of the same physical communities—anyone can participate in a conversation simply by following and using a hashtag.
  • in December 2014, “hashtag organizers” began to publish nightly “Trends and Tips” (TaTips) instruction videos on YouTube, containing instructions on what to tweet to advance the cause, and to improve the SEO of “vaccine questioning” websites. There are over 150 of these videos now—a testament to how much the anti-vax movement prioritizes Twitter.
  • n one unfortunate video, a movement leader encouraged supporters to use Twitter to harass and stalk a lobbyist, who has since filed police reports. In a very recent creation, that same leader excoriates her “Twitter army” for diluting the power of the #cdcwhistleblower movement by creating their own hashtags rather than using the ones they’ve been assigned. She also requests that the entire network tweet at Assembly representatives to inform them that their political careers will be over if they vote in favor of SB277.
  • Jovan Maud on 09 Jun 15
     
    Just one example of the political manipulation of social media.
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Issue 29.2, May 2014 - Cultural Anthropology - 0 views

www.culanth.org/...163-29-2-may-2014

open access publishing academia

shared by Jovan Maud on 26 May 14 - No Cached
  • Jovan Maud on 26 May 14
     
    Johanna shared this on StudIP but I thought it would be good to have it here as well. Thanks Johanna!
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