March 16th, 2012 | RESEARCH
Scientific information looks to Web 2.0 models as an opportunity for shedding the constraints of traditional scientific publishing (high costs, slow processing, domination by elites). However, outcomes in the other fields that have preceded it along this path (open source communities, file sharing networks, citizen journalism), have cast several doubts on utopian fantasies about the “democratization” of information and knowledge. So far Web 2.0 has actually witnessed new forms of concentrations of resources and innovative ways for the commercial exploitation of collective creativity.
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Carlo Formenti, Author, University of LecceCitation
Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1824-2049
Publication: Journal of Science Communication
Volume: 11
Number: 1
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Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Mass Media Article | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media