BOOK
Thompson. J. Books in the Digital Age: The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States. Cambridge: Polity Press; 2005.
John Thompson, a sociology professor from Jesus College, Cambridge, investigates what the digital revolution had done to publishing. Thompson's use of social theory (especially Pierre Bourdieu) describes the transformation of publishing since 1980.
The textbook market has changed; many students rent rather than buy, and recently, the electronic copy is preferred. The paradigm of reading, at least for younger students, is increasingly screen based rather than paperbound.
Thompson says, "The book publishing industry today is going through a process of change which is probably as profound as anything it has experienced since Johann Gutenberg adapted the traditional screw press for the purposes of manufacturing printed texts."
This text provides a preview into publishing at an early time of change as it describes how we arrived at this point in time. Thompson challenges us to think about change in the future as the digital revolution continues.
Books in the Digital Age will become a historic work about the transformation of education and the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century.
Future students may be surprised to read about the history of the textbook and the journey through academia. Students may use this text, or the e-version, when studying the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great interest to professionals in the publishing industry, educators, and anyone interested in books and their future.
MEDIA
IHI CEO Derek Feeley: If there is no equity, there is no quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EI86D-zePg&feature=em-subs_digest
Published on December 7, 2016
IHI President and CEO Derek Feeley called on health care to pursue health equity in his keynote address at the 28th Annual IHI National Forum on December 6, 2016.
Feeley addresses a massive problem in health care that harms many.
Equity is one of the six domains of care described in the Quality Chasm publication. However, it may be the one we have made the least progress in!
Equity means more than giving everybody the same thing-it is about everyone having a fair opportunity to obtain their fair health potential.
Feeley calls for a new awareness, acknowledging the fact that, if there is no equity, there is no quality in health care.