Re: Blog vs. Peer Review Final Report: Lessons Learned

[Richard Feinman <RFeinman@downstate.edu>]

This is a very dangerous precedent.  Judging written reports 
should be done on content rather than on the prestige of the 
author and/or journal.

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Richard D. Feinman
Professor of Biochemistry
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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"B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>
05/15/09 11:03 PM
Subject:  Blog vs. Peer Review Final Report: Lessons Learned

"Last year Noah Wardrip-Fruin, an assistant professor of 
communication at the University of California at San Diego, ran 
an experiment with his latest academic book: He let readers of a 
popular blog to which he contributes peer review the book in 
public. . .  The book's publisher, MIT Press, administered a 
traditional peer review of the book, and Mr. Wardrip-Fruin was 
able to compare the two approaches."

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3773

Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN