[Marxism] Electronic and Print Media

["Calvin Broadbent" <calvinbroadbent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think Louis' repudiation of engaging in intellectual debates through the
print media, geared as it is purely towards academic industry, and his and
others' preference for electronic media dissemination of their views is
laudable. The internet cuts out the middle man, namely, the corporate
journals which specialise in endlessly reproducing indulgent scholastic word
games, and specialist idealistic tinkering.

However, there are major practical problems with using the internet as a
forum for intellectual debate, not the least of which is the fact that it is
much harder to read texts on a bright comupter screen than it is on a piece
of paper. The eye strain involved in poring over papers on the internet is
quite acute.

See the following paper:


Paul Mercieca, 'E-book Acceptance: what will make users read on screen?'

<http://www.vala.org.au/vala2004/2004pdfs/32Merci.PDF>

LOUIS WROTE:

I doubt, however, that I would submit anything to HM since I have sworn off
submitting anything to print journals after a series of run-ins with James
O'Connor, Immanuel Wallerstein, John Bellamy Foster who handle such business
as if they were on my dissertation board or something. Anything I have to
say on these matters is said on the Internet. Someone might coin a term one
of these days along the lines of C.P. Snow's "two  cultures" to describe the
yawning chasm between the print
and electronic world.

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