Reed Elsevier
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In this course
Reed Elsevier (now RELX) appears in the course readings primarily as the paradigmatic target of open access critique and resistance to knowledge enclosure. The Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto identifies corporate scientific publishers like Reed Elsevier as gatekeepers who restrict humanity's shared intellectual heritage behind paywalls, making them central to arguments about how information systems reproduce inequality and control. The company thus functions as a concrete example of how market logics have colonized knowledge production, a key concern for understanding power asymmetries in the architecture of digital and algorithmic systems.
Background
RELX plc is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; decision-making tools; and organise exhibitions. It operates in 40 countries and serves customers in over 180 nations. It was previously known as Reed Elsevier, and came into being in 1993 as a result of the merger of Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and Elsevier, a Netherlands-based scientific publisher.
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