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This chapter compares scholarly communication structures to malware systems, suggesting how hegemony influences publishing practices.
This book chapter was written in 2010, but is finally out! Eve, Martin Paul, 'The Botnet: Webs of Hegemony/Zombies Who Publish', in Zombies in the Academy, ed. by Andrew Wheelan, Chris Moore, and Ruth Walker (Bristol: Intellect Press, 2013), pp. 103–117 The scholarly communication structure at present bears a strong resemblance to a malware system called a botnet.
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