Citizen Science in the Digital Age - Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement

Highlights scientific studies grounded in publicly gathered data and probes the rhetoric these studies employ. James Wynn analyses 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.

About the author

James Wynn is an associate professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of Evolution by Numbers: The Origins of Mathematical Argument in Biology.

Summary

Highlights scientific studies grounded in publicly gathered data and probes the rhetoric these studies employ. James Wynn analyses 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.

Product details

• Authors: James Wynn
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780817359522
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5952-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 345 g
• Illustrations: 11 black & white figures
• Series: Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit; Alabama Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series; Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit; Alabama Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series; Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series; Rhetoric Culture and Social Cr; Rhetoric, Culture, and, Social Critique
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Letters, rhetoric; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries