Citizen science in the digital age : rhetoric, science, and public engagement / James Wynn.

By:

Wynn, James, 1972- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Rhetoric, culture, and social critiquePublisher: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resource (x, 207 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780817390860
0817390863

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Citizen science in the digital age.DDC classification:

303.48/3 23

LOC classification:

Q175.5 .W96 2017eb

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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.

Summary: "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; others, like the protein-folding game FoldIt, ask users to take a more active role in solving scientific problems. In Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement, Wynn analyzes the discourse that enables these scientific ventures, as well as the difficulties that arise in communication between scientists and lay people and the potential for misuse of publicly gathered data."--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed June 22, 2020).

"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; others, like the protein-folding game FoldIt, ask users to take a more active role in solving scientific problems. In Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement, Wynn analyzes the discourse that enables these scientific ventures, as well as the difficulties that arise in communication between scientists and lay people and the potential for misuse of publicly gathered data."--Provided by publisher.

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