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Citizen Science in the Digital Age - Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement (Hardcover)
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Citizen Science in the Digital Age - Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement (Hardcover)
Series: Alabama Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series
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James Wynn's compelling investigation into citizen science
highlights public-based studies 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 and rhetoric
that enable 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. Wynn puzzles
out the intricacies of these exciting new research developments by
focusing on various case studies. He explores the Safecast project,
which originated from crowd-sourced mapping for Fukushima radiation
dispersal, arguing that evolving technologies enable public
volunteers to make concrete, sound, science-based arguments.
Additionally, he considers the potential use of citizen science as
a method of increasing the public's identification with the
scientific community, and contemplates how more collaborative
rhetoric might deepen these opportunities for interaction and
alignment. Furthermore, he examines ways in which the lived
experience of volunteers may be integrated with expert scientific
knowledge, and also how this same personal involvement can be used
to further policy agendas. There are precious few texts exploring
the intersection of rhetoric, science, and the Internet. Citizen
Science in the Digital Age aims to fill this gap, offering a clear,
intelligent overview of the topic intended for rhetoric and
communication scholars as well as practitioners and administrators
of a number of science-based disciplines. With the expanded
availability of once inaccessible technology and computing power to
laypeople, the practice of citizen science will only continue to
grow. This study offers insight into how-given prudent
application-citizen science might elucidate the rhetoric and
strengthen the relationships between scientists and laypeople.
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