Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (December 2024)

Each month, the open access team of the University of Groningen Library (UB) puts a recent open access article by UG authors in the spotlight. This publication is highlighted via social media and the library’s newsletter and website.

Article in the spotlight for December 2024
The article in the spotlight for the month of December 2024 is titled Revolutionary discourses from the past: a digital hermeneutical analysis of widely read academic publications on the social impact and significance of the internet, written by Nathalie Fridzema, Susan Aasman, Tom Slootweg and Rik Smit (all from the Faculty of Arts). 

We asked first and corresponding author Nathalie Fridzema a few questions about the article.

Citation
Fridzema, N., Aasman, S., Slootweg, T., & Smit, R. (2024). Revolutionary discourses from the past: a digital hermeneutical analysis of widely read academic publications on the social impact and significance of the internet. Information, Communication & Society, 27(12), 2222–2241. https://doi.org/(...)369118x.2024.2420025

About Open Access in the Spotlight
The initiative wishes to emphasize the relevance of open access publishing for the visibility of research and to acknowledge open science best practices at the same time. Authors are given the opportunity to speak about their motives to publish open access and their experience with it. Publications from all UG faculties will be included.