@EvgenyMorozov @NewYorker #ShowUsTheMissingPages
Dear SIGCIS Members, I have written a follow up to my original blog post: http://leevinsel.com/blog/2014/10/12/evgenymorozov-newyorker-showusthemissin... The original post <http://leevinsel.com/blog/2014/10/11/an-unresolved-issue-evgeny-morozov-the-new-yorker-and-the-perils-of-highbrow-journalism>has been viewed about 10,000 times as I write this email. There are hundreds of calls on Twitter for Morozov to apologize. Many are calling him a plagiarist (a term I still haven't used). I have been contacted by dozens of historians who believe that Morozov must speak out. I have encountered only one historian who buys the arguments about "highbrow journalism" and different genres, and even he backed off of it. Prominent journalism professors have said on Twitter that genre is no reason to violate norms. I believe that, if we polled historians, they would say that Morozov should apologize publicly. The irony is that, through his hardheadedness, Morozov is alienating himself from the very communities he aspires to join. OK, I'm going to hide in a cave now. I have found this whole situation stressful and unpleasant. Sincerely, Lee -- Assistant Professor Program on Science and Technology Studies College of Arts and Letters Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 07030 AmericanScience.Blogspot.com Twitter: @STS_News
Am I the only one who thinks this is getting out of hand. It seems to me there is a rush to convict the author based on second hand knowledge or to try him in an ad hoc court ("produce the evidence") which could lead to destroying his career, if that hasn't happened already regardless of what he says now. Perhaps his university or the magazine which have more first hand facts should decide if there is a problem. I think it is fine to discuss publishing ethics on this list in the abstract or with example's whose validity have been historically established. I'd rather this list wasn't a forum for what seems increasingly to me like savaging people's reputations in the guise of an ethics discussion.
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