Images play an outstanding role in the transfer of knowledge. They
are used in numerous academic disciplines to present scientific
results. Digital tools such as Adobe Photoshop make it possible to
display the information in images brilliantly and clearly - at the
same time the line between appropriate and inappropriate
manipulation is not always easy to draw. Scientific journals have
published guidelines for handling and editing images, but they are
not always specific enough to provide clarity for all situations.
"Shaping Images" examines how scholars from biology, information
science, art history and design deal with this uncertainty - how
they process and manipulate images, where they see their special
potential and how they draw the line between appropriate and
inappropriate image manipulation. The work also looks at scientific
journals and lets selected editors have their say: What would have
to happen to make it possible to combat image manipulation in
science more effectively? The book's interdisciplinary approach
makes it clear how different the practices are and how different
the views are on what should be allowed in the processing of
images. Images - this too is problematized in the book - are always
a means to a certain end, which is precisely why the handling of
images should be thoroughly reflected upon.
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