Open Journalism: Principles and Practices/Concepts, Theories, and Facts

We will distinguish a good theory as a theory that allows us to make observations, assessments, and deliver new promises. New important theories become dominant in the moment that these new promises are transformed from promises of results in laboratory experiments to promises of results in technology, and then promises of results in the business market. Theories mature following that path. They are born in small offices of graduate students and professors, they move to labs, and then to engineering departments and technology research and development companies, and finally venture capitalists invest in the theory and they unfold their power on make obsolete previous theories, technologies, and political.

Example: semi-conductors: and new story is quantum computers (how many papers in 1972; how many in 1976:...

All those things about written in universities in smal offices, then in late 80s, venture capitalists put money in it

We claim that theories are linguistic distinctions that are carefully crafted to take care of particular human concerns which takes shape as a question. The guys dealing with silicon were dealing with specific concerns were that ; Have a question and invent thing to invent stuff

Internet was invented in 50s, there was a dangerous incentive to first strike;

We claim this is what science and discourses do and are. Need to be careful about when talk about something that was already happening, have already been invented in disciplines that are alot richer, deeper than you my think., They are a lot of theories that lack rigor of scientific but use word because are use to it so role of journalist is to pick those things and see where language is powerful and bring new capacities to observe, assess, commit, and act. Or there is nothing serious under those concepts accept for pure fashion and image.