Cross-Disciplinary Higher Education Between Medialogy and Bibliology: Book Science As Degree Programme in Universities Worldwide

European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019, 8(4), pp. 889-919

49 Pages Posted: 17 Jan 2020

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Milena Tsvetkova

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

Date Written: December 26, 2019

Abstract

Object of the study: The broad object of this study is the academic field of the book and the book as an area of interdisciplinary teaching.

Purpose: to prove that the 21st-century cross-media and hybrid media ecosystem emancipates Book Science from the rest of the sciences in whose objects it can partake only as a constituent using one of its elements, properties or attributes.

Tasks: to identify and summarise the theoretical and methodological differences between conventional Book Studies and the specific Book Science; to update and conceptualise the understanding of the book as a traditional means of communication in the light of the modern perspectives of digital transformation; to offer a framework of an innovative media science of the book.

Hypothesis: Returning to the matter of the book as a medium, the hypothesis to be tested in this study is: “the book is set to be vindicated as a basic scientific category and be studied by a science of its own as an agent of communication, while the scientific book – as a communicator of “good” science.

Methods: analytic and synthetic processing of primary and secondary resources, the selective monographic method, systematisation and summarisation of data from scientific-methodical and normative-legal documents on the issue examined.

Results: Based on a working hypothesis, this study provides theoretical knowledge in Book Science and proposes points of support toward future fundamental and applied research in Book Science.

Significance of the study: Overall, our findings suggest that 1) the research on the new theoretical views about the book will facilitate an increase in the academic interest in book-related professions, encourage the design and update of university curricula and programmes in Book Science, to support interdisciplinary research of book and digital media culture; 2) it is expected that the present text will provide the factors militating against the introduction of innovations in higher education and doctoral programmes in Book Science insofar as books as products of the publishing industry, and thus subject to market forces, drive back business interest in higher education toward book-related professions; appropriate measures to overcome the challenges outlined have been suggested.

Keywords: higher education, interdisciplinary teaching, media education, book studies, book as communication, correlation between book theory and mass communication theory

JEL Classification: D8, D83, I20, I21, J16, L82, M31, Z11

Suggested Citation

Tsvetkova, Milena, Cross-Disciplinary Higher Education Between Medialogy and Bibliology: Book Science As Degree Programme in Universities Worldwide (December 26, 2019). European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019, 8(4), pp. 889-919, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3510391

Milena Tsvetkova (Contact Author)

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski ( email )

15, Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd.
Sofia, 1504
Bulgaria

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