Rachel O'Regan
Difficulties, complexities, expenses.
As Altbach (2001, pg 3) expresses, the publishing industry faces three core problems in making information available to the public. The first is the "physical contraints" - the costs and technology needed to run the business and produce something (which, before digital media, usually had to tangible). The "complexity of creative and scholarly networks" means the publishing industry's ongoing struggle to excavate and discover "new talent" and subject matter, connect and build relationships with clients and judge and sell content. Finally, "social conditions" have a significant impact on the publishing industry, as this directly affects the public's ability to access information. But according to Shirky, these difficulties, complexities and expenses have stopped being a problem, thus dismantling the publishing industry. In short, digital and networked media may have made a publishing industry redundant.
Altbach, P G 1975, 'Publishing and the Intellectual System', Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 421, Perspectives on Publishing, p.3.
Shirky, C 2009, 'Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable', Clay Shirky, viewed 7 June 2012, www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the....
Difficulties, complexities, expenses.
As Altbach (2001, pg 3) expresses, the publishing industry faces three core problems in making information available to the public. The first is the "physical contraints" - the costs and technology needed to run the business and produce something (which, before digital media, usually had to tangible). The "complexity of creative and scholarly networks" means the publishing industry's ongoing struggle to excavate and discover "new talent" and subject matter, connect and build relationships with clients and judge and sell content. Finally, "social conditions" have a significant impact on the publishing industry, as this directly affects the public's ability to access information. But according to Shirky, these difficulties, complexities and expenses have stopped being a problem, thus dismantling the publishing industry. In short, digital and networked media may have made a publishing industry redundant.
Altbach, P G 1975, 'Publishing and the Intellectual System', Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 421, Perspectives on Publishing, p.3.
Shirky, C 2009, 'Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable', Clay Shirky, viewed 7 June 2012, www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the....