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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2023.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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