Tobias, thanks for your message, which describes well the labor that goes
into open access journals. I tend to agree with your main points, and your
description of the labor that goes into publishing open access, online
journals offers an effective education on what is involved in devoting
oneself
Well, Mike, editing a journal like Feminist Media Studies for Informa/Taylor
and Francis comes with the benefit of being enrolled, whether you like it or
not, as a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), where T&F is
a big player. COPE (nice acronym) "is a forum for editors and publis
Gary, I agree that this is an excellent piece. Thanks very much for the
reference. It does give me qualms about editing a Taylor & Francis/Informa
journal. It has been difficult enough to know that I've been engaging in
free labor for a mega-conglomerate that operates as a cartel, but to find
out t
Hello,
This is all very complicated, and I've thought that it may be best, as an
editor of a journal, to stay out of the dialogue, but I think that there are
many good insights stated on nettime--and a few misconceptions.
To some very small degree, editors (I am editor of Feminist Media Studies,
