Symbolic Interaction, Public Sociology, and the Potential of Open-Access Publishing

Antony J. Puddephatt; Taylor Price

doi:10.18778/1733-8077.13.4.06

Authors

Antony J. Puddephatt Lakehead University, Canada
Taylor Price University of Toronto, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.13.4.06

Keywords:

Symbolic Interaction, Public Sociology, Open-Access Publishing

Abstract

Symbolic interactionists can gain much by engaging more with public audiences. One way to do this is through open-access publishing, such that the content of interactionist research is freely available to the global public. We reflect on the issue of public sociology within symbolic interactionism, considering the recent impact of digital technology and social media. Within this context, we consider the rise of the open-access movement in scholarly publishing, and consider strategies to better realize open-access in the symbolic interactionist field. We argue that doing this will greatly benefit the development of a more public interactionism moving forward.

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Author Biographies

Antony J. Puddephatt, Lakehead University, Canada

Antony J. Puddephatt is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Lakehead University, Canada. His interests include symbolic interactionism, science and technology studies, and ethnographic methods. He has studied the social theory of George Herbert Mead, devotion in the world of chess, the institutional culture of Sociology in Canada, and most recently, the advent of open-access publishing.

Taylor Price, University of Toronto, Canada

Taylor Price is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Canada. Taylor is particularly interested in sociological theory, sociology of culture, and qualitative research methods. His major research projects have engaged with problems special to the sociology of scientific knowledge and the sociology of music.

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