[…] PageRank, which is very reminiscent of citations and impact factors. Wikipedia works because it is like a living form of peer–review around a popular reference work. Reputations, track-records, and citations — sounds awfully familiar. To me, telling people they have […]
[…] certainly low on the list for most universities is what is derisively called “popularization,” which means writing not for one’s peers but for the broader public. Writing for the public — a public, after all, that avidly watches reality TV […]
[…] the score — a portion that is weighted to have even more influence — is based on subjective opinions of peers and students and alumni. It has scale, because everyone uses it. And it does damage by driving inequality in […]
A new book reviews various instances of piracy in the media industry and proposes using Big Data analyses as a means to manage it.