Open AccessZarządzanie mediami elektronicznymi z wykorzystaniem technologii blockchain w komunikacji naukowej
Author(s) -
Marek Nahotko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zarządzanie mediami
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2354-0214
DOI - 10.4467/23540214zm.21.023.13754
Subject(s) - blockchain , scholarly communication , transparency (behavior) , credibility , cryptocurrency , openness to experience , scientific communication , science communication , stakeholder , information and communications technology , standardization , business , publishing , knowledge management , computer science , political science , public relations , world wide web , computer security , library science , psychology , social psychology , science education , law , operating system
Electronic Media Management With the Use of Blockchain Technology in Scholarly CommunicationBlockchain is a revolutionary technology, which has the potential to fundamentally change many areas of activities, including scientific research and scholarly communication, together with the publishing industry. This paper focuses on the blockchain’s potential to transform scholarly communication and research in general. It highlights, how blockchain can touch many critical aspects of scholarly communication, including transparency, trust, reproducibility and credit. Moreover, blockchain could change the future role of every stakeholder, and it could have an important role in all research processes, not only scholarly communication. The paper shows that blockchain technology has the potential to solve some of the most prominent issues the scholarly communication is currently facing, such as issues around costs, trust and credibility, openness, and universal accessibility to scholarly information. The research presents basic information about blockchain technology. Based on the literature, an attempt was made to create a model, how to use this technology as a disruptive innovation in scholarly communication.