Sophie’s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vlog on access to open materials which covered MOOCS’s and other non-academic matters was fantastic! As she was involved herself, it was encouraging to hear about her experiences and the benefits of globalised learning [as demonstrated in this week’s collaboration with #MANG2049<\/a>]. It was a useful reminder in Sophie’s<\/strong> vlog, that open access is not always an academic matter. It was shocking to hear that\u00a0\u201cwithin 3 years, 90% of online content will be held behind a paywall\u201d, as highlighted by her online newspaper examples. While I still recognise the importance to businesses, publishers, researchers, journalists in the need to switch to paid content. I did however wonder, and question Sophie<\/strong>, whether the internet is now a barrier to our fundamental rights such as online news? Or\u00a0are paywalls necessary to preserve reputable online companies\/sites and readership?<\/p>\n What hadn’t been brought to my attention was Dominic’s<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>music inspired blog. It was interesting to read how topical open access in the music industry is. Commenting, it was interesting that mine,\u00a0Charlie<\/strong><\/a> and Adam’s<\/strong><\/a> comments all highlighted the key concern of piracy. It was not surprising to see that similar issues of fake journals\/fraudulent publications were present among the academia world. Both, Cheexiuxhen<\/strong><\/a> and Yu Ting<\/strong><\/a> highlighted this in their comments on my blog . . .\u00a0\u00a0All in all, as reflected in\u00a0Topic 4<\/a><\/strong>, I believe that many of these issues are because individuals are contradicting their own moral\/ethics beliefs online.<\/p>\n Coinciding with the #MANG2049\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>group, it was an invaluable experience . . .<\/p>\n![\"prezi\"](\"https:\/\/catherinehunt94.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/prezi-e1418311216148.png?w=423&h=165\")
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