Science and the Internet : communicating knowledge in a digital age / edited by Alan G. Gross, University of Minnesota, and Jonathan Buehl, the Ohio State University ; afterword by Charles Bazerman.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Amityville, New York : Baywood Publishing Company, Inc, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
iv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    Baywood's technical communications series [More in this series]
    Summary note
    The essays collected in Science and the Internet consider the effects of digital technologies on scientific argumentation and the circulation of scientific knowledge. The Internet has transformed how science is practiced, and it is accelerating the pace of scientific communication both among peers and to the public.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Revolution or evolution? Casing the impact of digital media on the rhetoric of science / Jonathan Buehl
    • Learning to "share your science" : the open notebook as textual object and dynamic rhetorical space / Chad Wickman
    • Scientific journal : making it new? / Joseph E. Harmon
    • Evaluation after publication : setting the record straight in the sciences / Alan G. Gross
    • Online research article and the ecological basis of new digital genres / Christian F. Casper
    • Chemistry liveblogging event : the web refigures peer review / Michelle Sidler
    • Controversies on the web : the case of adult human neurogenesis / Jeanne Fahnestock
    • Radiolab and parasites : podcasting horror and wonder to foster interest in science / Sarah Wardlaw
    • Online visualizations of natural disasters and hazards : the rhetorical dynamics of charting risk / Charles Kostelnick, John Kostelnick
    • Meltdown in the media : visualization of radiation risk from the printed page to the internet / James Wynn
    • Intersections : scientific and parascientific communication on the internet / Ashley R. Kelly, Carolyn R. Miller
    • Why people care about chickens and other lessons about rhetoric, public science, and informal learning environments / Stacey Pigg [and others]
    • Afterword: Social changes in science communication : rattling the information change / Charles Bazerman.
    ISBN
    • 9780895038975 ((clothbound ; : alk. paper))
    • 0895038978 ((clothbound ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780895038982 ((paperbound ; : alk. paper))
    • 0895038986 ((paperbound ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2015036696
    OCLC
    925355219
    Other standard number
    • 40026615130
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