Depuis quelques jours, dans la blogosphère, il est question du cas de l’un de mes blogueur préféré. L’historien Juan Cole, dont j’ai déjà parlé plusieurs fois, se serait vu refusé un poste à l’Université Yale en raison de ses activités comme blogueur.
À ce sujet, la revue Internet, Chronicle of the Higher Education a préparé un numéro spécial traitant du cas Cole et du possible impact de bloguer sur sa carrière.
Parmi les extraits qui me semblent les plus pertinents, je retiens celui-ci de l’économiste Bradford DeLong.
The hope of all of us who blog is that we will become smarter, do more useful work, be happier and more productive, and will also impress our deans so they will raise our salaries. The first three hopes are clearly true: Academics who blog think more profound thoughts, have a bigger influence on the world — both the academic and the broader worlds — and are happier for it. Are we more productive in an academic sense? Maybe. We will see when things settle down.
Are our deans impressed? Not so far, but they should be. A lot of a university’s long-run success depends on attracting good undergraduates. Undergraduates and their parents are profoundly influenced by the public face of the university. And these days, a thoughtful, intelligent, well-informed Web logger like Juan Cole or Dan Drezner is an important part of a university’s public face. Michigan gains in reputation and mindshare from having a Cole on its faculty. Yale loses from not having an equivalent.
– Bradford DeLong, The Invisible College
Et celui-ci de Juan Cole:
The ability to speak directly and immediately to the public on matters of one’s expertise, and to bring to bear all one’s skills to affect the public debate, is new and breathtaking.
– Juan Cole, Juan R.I. Cole Responds
The Chronicle: 7/28/2006: Can Blogging Derail Your Career?
