Citizen science in the digital age : rhetoric, science, and public engagement / James Wynn.

Author
Wynn, James, 1972- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
Description
x, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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    Rhetoric, culture, and social critique [More in this series]
    Summary note
    James Wynn’s timely investigation highlights scientific studies grounded in publicly gathered data and probes the rhetoric these studies employ. Many of these endeavors, such as the widely used SETI@home project, simply draw on the processing power of participants’ home computers; others, like the protein-folding game FoldIt, ask users to take a more active role in solving scientific problems. In Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement, Wynn analyzes the discourse that enables these scientific ventures, as well as the difficulties that arise in communication between scientists and lay people and the potential for misuse of publicly gathered data.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-202) and index.
    Contents
    • Citizen science at the roots
    • Reimaging risk : citizen science and the development of citizen-centered radiation risk representations
    • Information for and by the people : the internet and the rise of citizen expertise
    • Warming relations? : the benefits and challenges of promoting understanding and identification with citizen science
    • A tale of two Logoi : citizen science and the politics of redevelopment
    • Appendices: Acoustical assessment form used in Pepys Estate noise mapping ; Sound level reference chart used by Pepys Estate citizen scientists ; Bar graph of qualitative sound descriptors for Pepys Estate sound mapping ; Bar graph of sources of noise on Pepys Estate.
    ISBN
    • 9780817319434 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0817319433 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016023996
    OCLC
    950901895
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