Peering over the shoulders of giants?

Grand, Ann

Abstract

‘Open’ is a highly-visible cultural trend of the early twenty-first century. A brief scan of a
newspaper or quick Internet search reveals it as a prefix to learning, source, standard, data,
knowledge, democracy, access, repository, innovation, government, science and probably
more. The expectations of the broadband generation – young people born around the turn of
the century – for openness and instant, on‑demand access to information affect research as
much as any other social activity. As the world’s population of digital residents – those who
see the Web as the place where they express opinions, form relationships, develop an identity
and belong to a community – grows, the expectation that the Web will be the place where
information is created and communicated will grow alongside them.

• Journal Article Type: Note
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 6, 2019
• Journal: Science Progress
• Electronic ISSN: 0036-8504
• Publisher: Science Reviews 2000
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 383-386
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3184/003685014X14151200625042
• Keywords: open science, public engagement, public engagement with research
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806748
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3184/003685014X14151200625042