Next week
a) Monday is university day (no class)
b) Wednesday Online talk in DC—originally on syllabus for Monday, changed
to wed. There will be no class on wed—work on your projects!.
Paisley reading will be deleted. Newspaper structure and affordances
assignments will be deleted…..I will send a statement to the list about
newspaper structure. Replacement assignment is to give BRIEF (few
sentences) reaction/addition to that statement to the list.
1. One-minute paper Summary
Big Points
Electronic publishing changes the paradigm for information access
Small presses are losing out; multimedia corps are taking over and
changing publishing
Publishing is changing
Q:s
Is it reasonable for publishers to put articles online for free and
make money off advertising?
Is value of online journal associated with costs?
Do invisible colleges exist for students? (why people go to campus)
What do publishers do beyond disseminate info? (add value! Peer review,
editing, formatting, distribution)
How are copyright laws changing (BIG issues here---Hollywood and music
industry drive)
Does Stoa, JoDI, etc. have editors? (YES!!)
What citation style should be used in this class for papers? (you pick
one any use it consistently)
2. Speeches: Rajiv Zutshi, Kelly Maglaughlin, John LaBarre
3. Discuss Borgman and scholarly communication (Maryann Gelato, Scott Adams)
4. Discuss Chatman (Victoria Edrington, Yi Huang) Jennifer Arns to lead discussion and elaborate
5. Arns to introduce Rogers and diffusion theory
6. Assignment: see above: Read Schramm for October 20
7. One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?