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ERIC Number: EJ1039679
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Oct
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
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Sociological and Communication-Theoretical Perspectives on the Commercialization of the Sciences
Leydesdorff, Loet
Science & Education, v22 n10 p2511-2527 Oct 2013
Both self-organization and organization are important for the further development of the sciences: the two dynamics condition and enable each other. Commercial and public considerations can interact and "interpenetrate" in historical organization; different codes of communication are then "recombined". However, self-organization in the symbolically generalized codes of communication can be expected to operate at the global level. The Triple Helix model allows for both a neo-institutional appreciation in terms of historical networks of university-industry-government relations and a neo-evolutionary interpretation in terms of three functions: (1) novelty production, (2) wealth generation, and (3) political control. Using this model, one can appreciate both subdynamics. The mutual information in three dimensions enables us to measure the trade-off between organization and self-organization as a possible synergy. The question of optimization between commercial and public interests in the different sciences can thus be made empirical.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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