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The life of a number : measurement, meaning and the media /

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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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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front Cover -- The Life of a Number: Measurement, Meaning and the Media -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Data bound -- Chapter 2: Data bounds are reinforced by policy -- Chapter 3: Quantitative realism underpins data bounds -- Chapter 4: Quantitative realism is mathematical and abstract -- Chapter 5: Desire for data bounds underpins quantitative realism -- Chapter 6: Data bounds are emotive -- Chapter 7: Data boundaries are drawn within historical norms -- Chapter 8: Critically engaging with data bounds -- More cases, less theory 
505 8 |a The life of a number -- The pandemic in the UK -- 2 Data Bounds Are Reinforced by Policy -- Trade-Off -- Protect Both -- Short-term vs long-term data -- International comparisons -- The problems of comparing death tolls -- The problems of comparing Gross Domestic Product -- What about data outside the data bounds? -- Alternatives to Gross Domestic Product -- Excess deaths -- Beyond cases, hospitalizations and deaths -- How policy structures data bounds -- 3 Quantitative Realism Underpins Data Bounds -- Two metres -- 15 minutes -- How 'close contact' structured policy 
505 8 |a How numbers organize the unorganizable -- Binding together the sciences -- 4 Quantitative Realism Is Mathematical and Abstract -- Counting cleaning wipes -- Numbers as language -- The meaning of big numbers -- One billion items as political rhetoric -- Unprecedented crisis met with an unimaginable number -- The itemization of Personal Protective Equipment -- The four Personal Protective Equipment problems the figure tried to erase -- Lack of adequate stockpiles -- Inadequate production and procurement networks -- Prioritizing the National Health Service over social care 
505 8 |a Changing what classes as suitable Personal Protective Equipment -- The power of huge -- 5 Desire for Data Bounds Underpins Quantitative Realism -- Rethinking the infodemic -- Where was the 'mis-behaviour'? -- Trust us: we are not misinformation -- The life of both figures -- Surveys and 7 per cent -- Digital data and eight million -- A strategic emphasis on quantitative realism -- 6 Data Bounds Are Emotive -- Data visualization -- Representing the experience of the pandemic -- Turning death into a graph -- Performing data -- Performance norms in Sky News -- Sombre performance of death 
505 8 |a Flouting the convention -- Feeling data -- 7 Data Boundaries Are Drawn Within Historical Norms -- Red-herring of inaccurate projections -- Vaccines, cases and risk -- Normalizing health inequalities -- The failed campaign of the 'outsiders' -- 8 Critically Engaging with Data Bounds -- Pay attention to media and communication -- The media ecosystem -- Interrogate and appreciate quantitative realism -- Language, measurement and documentation -- The tail that wags the dog -- Examine how data bounds can maintain or challenge power -- Public health imperative -- Ethical purpose 
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