The death of public knowledge? : : how free markets destroy the general intellect /

The death of public knowledge? : : how free markets destroy the general intellect / / edited by Aeron Davis.

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A collection of short, sharp essays exploring the value of shared and accessible public knowledge in the face of its erosion. The Death of Public Knowledge argues for the value and importance of shared, publicly accessible knowledge, and suggests that the erosion of its most visible forms, including...

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Davis, Aeron,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts : : Goldsmiths Press,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:PERC papers
Physical Description:1 online resource (177 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section one. Public news media
  • Does public media enhance citizen knowledge? : sifting through the evidence / Toril Aalberg
  • The impact of austerity on the Greek news media and public sphere / Aris Nikolaidis
  • Impoverishing the mediated public sphere in Aotearoa New Zealand / Wayne Hope
  • Public-commercial hybridity at BBC world online / Kate Wright
  • The new American media landscape / Rod Benson
  • Section two. Public knowledge in Britain
  • The autonomous school, the strong state, the problems of education / Ken Jones
  • The treasury view of higher education: variable human capital investment / Andrew McGettigan
  • The coalition government's cuts to legal aid : who is counting the cost? / Roger Smith
  • Public libraries in the age of austerity : the gloves are off / Ian Anstice
  • Section three. The corruption of news and information in markets
  • The edge : investment banks and information flows in public markets / Philip Augar
  • The libor scandal : mediation and information issues / Peter Thompson
  • The press, market ideologies and the Irish housing crash / Henry Silke
  • Section four. The encroachment of private knowledge on public policy-making
  • The corporate takeover of economic discourse in Korea / Bong-hyun Lee
  • The tropes of unlearning : UK responses to outsourcing fiascos / Mick Moran and Karel Williams
  • Meet the new American influence elites / Janine Wedel
  • Public knowledge and health policy / Colin Leys
  • Conclusion: manifesto for public knowledge / Des Freedman and Justin Schlosberg.

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