Citizen Science in the Digital Age : Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wynn, James, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technology > Social aspects.
Science > Public opinion.
Mass media and technology.
Digital media > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Medias numeriques > Aspect social.
Medias et technologie.
Sciences > Opinion publique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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