[Irtalk] Lessons for the Digital Age From a 500-Year-Old Publishing Revolution | Science | KQED Public Media for Northern CA

[Hilton Gibson]

For centuries, scientists disseminated their research in journals that
large publishers printed and distributed. At the time, that made sense.
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But in the Internet age, many scientists are questioning this process. Why
shouldn’t they just post articles online, free for everyone to read?
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It’s not just scientific publishing that faces change, of course. Digital
technology, from e-books to blogs to Twitter, has thrown the whole
publishing world into confusion.
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Pundits pontificate on the future of the press, and bibliophiles blubber
over the future of books. Nothing like this has ever happened before—or has
it?
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*Actually, 500 years ago in Europe, a newfangled thing called “printing”
set the stage for major social and scientific upheaval.*

http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2015/02/08/lessons-for-the-digital-age-from-a-500-year-old-publishing-revolution/
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