The Life of a Number : Measurement, Meaning and the Media /

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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
Autor principal: Lawson, Brendan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medical informatics.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Mathematical models.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Data processing.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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 (166 pages).
ISBN:9781529225358

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