Hi all: I find interesting that no one seems to realize that the two seemingly "unrelated" topics we are discussing (see below) are actually the same issue! If there is performing "alienated labor" it is academic referees of articles, editors of journals, etc -- who are not compensated for their work! Why shouldn't an academic, COMMERCIAL journal (one that demands payment from subscribers -- institutional and individual), PAY article reviewers, the journal editors etc for their reviews? If they did that, then the reviewers would feel a lot more obligated to devote serious attention to their refereeing review. In my opinion, paying for article review (even if it's $100 or so per article) would solve most of the problems mentioned here regarding unprofessional (or no-show) reviewers -- and perhaps also sensitizing them a bit more to the whole issue of "alienated labor" in other spheres. Sam Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig Deputy Director School of Communication Bar-Ilan University 52900 Ramat Gan ISRAEL (office) +972-3-5317651 (office secretary) +972-3-5317060 (cell) +972-52-3410163 (fax) +972-9-9744441 Sam.Lehman-Wilzig@biu.ac.il<mailto:Sam.Lehman-Wilzig@biu.ac.il> website: www.ProfSLW.com On Sep 9, 2013, at 1:00 AM, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org> wrote: Send Air-L mailing list submissions to air-l@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner@listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: to name reviewers or not (Barry Wellman) 2. Compiled Reading list on Alienated Labor (Alan Bilansky) 3. Re: to name reviewers or not (Johann H?chtl)