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Science Communication and Open Access: The Critique of the Political Economy of Capitalist Academic Publishers as Ideology Critique
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Abstract Starting from a theoretical and methodological foundation of an academic ideology critique, the production, distribution and valorisation of science communication will be analysed in exemplary fashion. The focus is on the criticism of publishing houses' business models in the sphere of open Access p... view more
Starting from a theoretical and methodological foundation of an academic ideology critique, the production, distribution and valorisation of science communication will be analysed in exemplary fashion. The focus is on the criticism of publishing houses' business models in the sphere of open Access publishing. These models are propagated and implemented by science and politics. Thus, academic publications continue to be traded as commodities. The existing relationships of power and domination are thereby reproduced. In contrast, the emancipatory potential of non-commercial science communication based on the digitalisation of production and distribution is shown.... view less
Keywords
critical theory; capitalism; publishing house; ideology critique; media theory; sociology of knowledge; scientific scene; digitalization; technical literature; open access; political economy; business concept; science policy; Marx, K.; sociology of science
Classification
Sociology of Knowledge
Free Keywords
critique of science; science communication; ideology critique; critique of capitalism; critical communication studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 508-534
Journal
TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 18 (2020) 2
ISSN
1726-670X
Status
Primary Publication; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0