Editorial Note: Reevaluating Book Reviews: As Scientific Contributions

Authors

  • Günter Mey University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.3.1057

Keywords:

review, review essay, dialogue, scientific exchange, perspectivity, online publishing

Abstract

In the first part of this text, I would like to describe some advantages book reviews offer. The book reviews—providing the fact that they succeed in offering more than just a short content description to the reader—can also contribute to scientific discourses in a similar way regular contributions do. One of the reasons why book reviews currently often do not fulfil this possible function is due to the existing restrictions within traditional print media publishing. Additionally worth mentioning are actual standards within the scientific community which tend to underestimate the value of book reviews or review essays. In the second part, I will discuss some developmental potentials in book reviews which up to now were hardly recognized: Especially with the Internet and its characteristics-nearly unlimited space resources; flexible publishing time and design of the contributions; chance for a direct exchange between researchers, for example using discussion boards—a re-evaluation of book reviews and review essays seems to be possible and reasonable. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0003400

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Published

2000-12-31

How to Cite

Mey, G. (2000). Editorial Note: Reevaluating Book Reviews: As Scientific Contributions. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.3.1057