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New Threats to Academic Freedom
Author(s) -
Minerva Francesca
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-8519
pISSN - 0269-9702
DOI - 10.1111/bioe.12066
Subject(s) - academic freedom , order (exchange) , element (criminal law) , the internet , safeguard , public relations , internet privacy , political science , freedom of expression , law and economics , freedom of information , engineering ethics , sociology , computer science , business , law , engineering , higher education , world wide web , human rights , finance
Using a specific case as an example, the article argues that the Internet allows dissemination of academic ideas to the general public in ways that can sometimes pose a threat to academic freedom. Since academic freedom is a fundamental element of academia and since it benefits society at large, it is important to safeguard it. Among measures that can be taken in order to achieve this goal, the publication of anonymous research seems to be a good option.