The first segment is about a mega monopolizing firm, that controls a large number of scholarly journals by very revered and scholarly scientists the article also summarizes how the firm charges unreasonable charges and money for a year subscription to Elsevier's prized subscription.
The second article is about New England Journal of medicine's 200th Anniversary. It delves deeper into the same topic as the first one, but it releases it's journals at a cheaper price and it keeps the medicinal information at an attainable charge.
The third article is about how we as a generation have improved our knowledge by a constant upkeep of knowledge and our needed ability for a chance to know and for a chance to be well-informed and all-knowing information.
These articles are connected because they both describe how information is released and used by mega -monopolizing journal databases. They both asses the steps made and the things done for a consumer to purchase and utilize a journal for a greater benefit.
I believe that there must be information attainable for the consumer to use and benefit. I literally rose a vigorous hate on the Elsevier publishing form it really made me mad, because it really is not necessary for a firm to charge money that is not necessary to charge.
They affect me because I am a consumer that happens to be in college, and I might in fact be one the people using one of that so, I feel as though I might have to use it so feel like its necessary for me to have it for a reasonable price for academic purposes.
Elsevier makes me angry, too. That's part of the reason I spent so much time talking about plagiarism vs. copyright and alternatives to copyright like Open Access and Open Content. I hate seeing people not be able to access the journal articles they need just so that Elsevier's shareholders can make even higher record profits this quarter...
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