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

"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; ot...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wynn, James, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
Colección:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.