tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post2763776807379845800..comments2024-03-08T13:21:43.158-05:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Are Blogs Inherently UnProfessional?Steve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-34707218674761742102014-01-31T18:11:23.791-05:002014-01-31T18:11:23.791-05:00I think this needs a totally different response, a...I think this needs a totally different response, a motion of no confidence in the people who suggested it. Clearly they were dropped on the head to many times as a baby.<br /><br />Editing a journal really doesn't do as much for a career as this bunch of twits seem to think. Why would anyone want to do the work under these conditions?<br /><br />Even if the work was being paid for, the conditions are idiotic and would probably be considered invalid even in 'right to exploit your employees' states.PHBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10772216888166343026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-8624580705489363172014-01-30T05:52:18.390-05:002014-01-30T05:52:18.390-05:00If anyone knows about keeping blogging professiona...If anyone knows about keeping blogging professional it's got to be Donald[e] Douglas. Was it yesterday or the day before when in an atmosphere of constructive debate he treated a fellow blog commenter with dignity and respect by referring to her as a "cum-receptacle"?Jim Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13876037300326941092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-81714586414611719042014-01-30T05:04:50.386-05:002014-01-30T05:04:50.386-05:00Blogging is already far more accepted in the polit...Blogging is already far more accepted in the political science community than the ISA proposal makes us believe. <br /><br />My own blog on replication in social sciences has been cited in published articles, and many debates around transparency, reproducibility and replication take place on excellent blogs by Victoria Stodden at Columbia University, the Moneky Cage, Retraction Watch and so on. <br /><br />These blogs provide a great service to the community and they were ahead of discussions on transparency that was taken up in academic journals later, because there was a strong need in the community to discuss without delay. <br /><br />Since heavy use of blogs in policical science is already underway, the ISA proposal is far behind the actual discussion, and looks backwards, not ahead. I therefore find it hard to take this proposal seriously.Political Science Replicationhttp://politicalsciencereplication.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-70089255440259548982014-01-29T12:36:08.890-05:002014-01-29T12:36:08.890-05:00I believe the appropriate response would be to mak...I believe the appropriate response would be to make a 'Hitler Rant' video where the Hitler character is the head of the ISA and (s)he is just told (in 2014) that these things known as 'blogs' exist and people may actually be using them.<br /><br />http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/downfall-hitler-reactsTwShilohhttp://twshiloh.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-18877030821340238502014-01-29T07:51:41.348-05:002014-01-29T07:51:41.348-05:00Please contact folks on the GC that you know--sect...Please contact folks on the GC that you know--section chairs, for instance--and let them know where you stand. It may unravel before the meeting, but if not, I want to make sure this proposal stays dead.Steve Saidemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-87719543509898552972014-01-29T00:32:02.513-05:002014-01-29T00:32:02.513-05:00Thanks for bringing this to our attention (Steve t...Thanks for bringing this to our attention (Steve through Charli). Political expression in the contemporary format that most engages scholars in intellectual debates in a publically accessible way is unprofessional? Happy to add my voice to ISA to scrap this proposal. Richard Pricenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-49236296588144520292014-01-28T22:30:32.978-05:002014-01-28T22:30:32.978-05:00as last year's ISA conference co-chair (2013, ...as last year's ISA conference co-chair (2013, hi soeren) i also think this policy is a mistake. CC above has it right - either you trust people to whom you have entrusted control over a journal (etc) not to spread internal matters around, or you clearly don't trust them. in which case, why give them control over a journal (etc).<br /><br />feel free to enlist me if you make a formal complaint.herman schwartzhttp://www.people.virginia.edu/~hms2fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-54506616746128522782014-01-28T17:27:05.596-05:002014-01-28T17:27:05.596-05:00Pretty elitist outlook to me anyway. The blog wor...Pretty elitist outlook to me anyway. The blog world gives us a modern version of the 18th Century Salon - which allowed diverse people to enter into meaningful discussion and debate about big issues and ideas. Interesting thing is that allowed for the input of very intelligent women whose intellectual insight had no other outlet. <br />Jim Washington<br />PhD Student Security Studies<br />Kansas State UniversityLightTheDarkCornershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378059708784196723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-52868424085960183852014-01-28T16:00:11.101-05:002014-01-28T16:00:11.101-05:00Steve's right though. If the goal is to help I...Steve's right though. If the goal is to help ISA editorial teams control what its editors can say about internal journal politics why ban only bloggers? Lots of settings require participants to keep organizational politics internal and I don't see why anyone should discriminate against bloggers. People like Dan attend briefings in the intelligence community all the time and are trusted not to share intel on blogs. Presumably bloggers can be trusted to simply check with participants/editors before reporting insights from a meeting and/or do so in a way that is ok with all participants (my gender bias post from last week is an example of this). <br /><br />Instead, just define and articulate your policy and developed shared norms about what if anything is an isn't shareable (and there are lots of variants on this that could be determined by each journal, e.g. Chatham House rules) etc. <br /><br />Anyway I'm not sure that's the key goal here. I think this policy is about something else - either generating a "do-not-compete" framework as journals go to blog formats, or trying to avoid the accusation that an editor is responsible for the writing of his colleagues on a group blog. I can think of better ways to solve both problems.<br /><br />I also think that a policy that affects the entire organization (rather than a single journal) should be deliberated in consultation with ISA's entire membership - kudos to Steve for making us aware this is going on.Charli Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12907315543584110116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-76022926775075118682014-01-28T11:45:36.911-05:002014-01-28T11:45:36.911-05:00Uhh. This is terrible news and I hope your interve...Uhh. This is terrible news and I hope your intervention (with the help of others in the Governing Council) will be succesfull!<br /><br />My question would be: Why now? Blogs have been around for a while and ISA ExComm comes up with that idea only now? Is this group of people really that detached from the life of other (maybe younger) people / scholars?<br /><br />But, adding just one more anecdote, this resonates pretty much with what I experienced last year. When I worked as a program assistant for ISA 2013, I also wanted to report about this experience but some people and so I asked ISA people what they thought about this idea. They kind of thwarted this activity; you know, write something up for internal use because that would help the following PAs and arguments like that. I was quite disappointed about this but nevertheless wrote something up in the meantime on my blog. But obviously, the consequences for me were not really consequential - compared to the problems a (future) editor might have to face.Sören Stapelhttp://irblog.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-37028508326381827672014-01-28T09:33:50.079-05:002014-01-28T09:33:50.079-05:00This announcement must have been scheduled for an ...This announcement must have been scheduled for an April 1 release and accidentally got transmitted ahead of time.Marc Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970008882113041775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-53333049610857684802014-01-28T05:32:17.431-05:002014-01-28T05:32:17.431-05:00Dan Nexon just started a new blog (hylaeanflow.com...Dan Nexon just started a new blog (hylaeanflow.com/) and now they want to shut everything down?Mathishttp://irblog.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-75471712853173044912014-01-27T23:30:50.768-05:002014-01-27T23:30:50.768-05:00It's a terrible idea. The ISA folks need to ge...It's a terrible idea. The ISA folks need to get into the 21st century.AmPowerBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236333181889271910noreply@blogger.com