For my final Blog entry i will be looking at a scholarly article in my inquiry area. I can across this article in the Journal of Strategic Information Systems and found it interesting. I came to the conclusion that the article was scholarly when it met several criteria. First of all the journal is peer review which is always a relatively good indicator that it is scholarly. While none of the authors are doctorates, they are experts in their field. It's also important to not that doctorates aren't common in this field.
This article is about anti-piracy strategies in China. In particular it looks at the open source strategy otherwise known as OS strategy. They find in their study that is a relatively effective strategy at preventing piracy. They also find that this is a feasible option for groups wanting to prevent piracy. The authors conclude with the fact that open source strategy can work, but it will not work uniformly across the board. I feel like the authors used rhetoric to make the reader want to try this strategy. They use almost all positive terms when describing this strategy. It’s almost as if they are marketing a product and the audience is groups against piracy.
