No One Knows Everything - Open Source and the Crisis in Public Opinion - Softcover

Dickens, Risa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836434601 ISBN 13: 9783836434607

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2008

Synopsis

Do media conglomerates produce monopolies in thought? Can principles from open source software be applied to resist such a closing? In his recently resurfaced and pointedly relevant 1943 speech "The Crisis in Public Opinion," Canadian political economist Harold Innis predicts that the centralization of government and media will become a liability to freedom of thought in Western Civilization. No One Knows Everything considers how to counter what Innis called "monopolies of knowledge" by looking at the history of the press since 1850 alongside open source projects like Linux, Apache, Wikipedia and others. In doing so, this book hopes to widen our understanding of the revolutionary open source process that has changed copyright law and which continues to define the Internet, quietly but comprehensively, to this day. This book is intended for bloggers, communications professionals, and the open source curious.

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About the Author

M.A. studied Media and Communications at Concordia University. She is also co-founder of Indyish.com, consultant with Touchbasic, and contributingeditor to Worn Journal.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3836434601
• ISBN 13: 9783836434607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140