Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Monday, September 19, 2011
Just in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day...
http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/academic-papers-are-hidden-from-the-public-heres-some-direct-action/
An interesting piece on the current state of academic research and the chokehold that academic publishers have managed to secure through capital control. What to do about it? The ethical answer may actually lie in piracy...
An interesting piece on the current state of academic research and the chokehold that academic publishers have managed to secure through capital control. What to do about it? The ethical answer may actually lie in piracy...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Warning labels for news media
Some very cute stickers designed to emulate censorship warning labels, but for journalistic bias and bad practice. A useful resource to discuss objectivity and information literacy with research students.
http://www.tomscott.com/warnings/
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