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Drawing on case studies, this book examines how politicians, academics and journalists gave meaning to data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson sheds light on the distinct nature of the pandemic that led to the increased politicization of data and how it permanently changed the way we view health a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lawson, Brendan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Since 2020
Medical informatics.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Data processing.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Mathematical models.
Médecine > Informatique.
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- > Informatique.
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- > Modèles mathématiques.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Mathematical models
Electronic data processing
Medical informatics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Drawing on case studies, this book examines how politicians, academics and journalists gave meaning to data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson sheds light on the distinct nature of the pandemic that led to the increased politicization of data and how it permanently changed the way we view health and society more broadly.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages)
ISBN:1529225353
9781529225341
1529225345
9781529225358

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