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Hibriditas Dosen di Indonesia

Setidaknya dalam satu dasawarsa terakhir, profesi dosen di Indonesia mengalami pergeseran fundamental. Lebih dari hanya mengajar, membimbing, dan meneliti, mereka kini dituntut menguasai serangkaian peran yang membentang dari administratur, kreator konten, wirausahawan, penggalang dana, hingga influencer akademik bahkan politisi kampus. Fenomena ini, yang dalam kajian sosiologi disebut sebagai hibriditas. Peran hibridia ini juga menjangkiti hampir semua bidang kerja, namun di dunia akademik, dampaknya terasa lebih … Continue reading Hibriditas Dosen di Indonesia

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Bibliometric Blind Spots: Why Document Type Matters in the Age of Open Science

In the age of open science, we are awash in data, but not necessarily in clarity. Platforms like OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar promise more transparency and accessibility, liberating bibliometric research from the paywalled grip of proprietary systems like Scopus and Web of Science (WOS). Yet, as a recent study (preprint) comparing these databases shows, openness is not synonymous with accuracy. One of the least visible … Continue reading Bibliometric Blind Spots: Why Document Type Matters in the Age of Open Science

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The Digital News Dilemma—Why Journalism Faces an Existential Test in the Platform Era

In the year that witnessed one of the most globally consequential electoral cycles, the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2025 reveals a deeply unsettling truth: evidence-based journalism is losing its societal grip, supplanted by a diffuse, personality-driven media ecology powered by platforms. While trust in news remains nominally stable at 40%, the report’s findings suggest the structure of that trust—and its distribution—has been irrevocably altered. … Continue reading The Digital News Dilemma—Why Journalism Faces an Existential Test in the Platform Era

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When Machines Speak to Machines: The Rise and Risk of Web 3.5

The internet is mutating, again. What was once a system of human-readable pages, hyperlinks, and visible sources has begun to vanish beneath the smooth interface of a chatbot. In its place is emerging something less tangible but more radical: a web where machines no longer index knowledge for users, but reinterpret it, synthesize it, and present it without citation or context. This is not Web … Continue reading When Machines Speak to Machines: The Rise and Risk of Web 3.5

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