CITIZEN SCIENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: RHETORIC, SCIENCE, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Book ID/图书代码： 13530019C00001

English Summary/英文概要： A discussion of the benefits and pitfalls of citizen science-scientific undertakings that make use of public participation and crowd-sourced data collection. 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. 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. Precious few texts explore the intersection of rhetoric, science, and the Internet. Citizen Science in the Digital Age fills this gap, offering a clear, intelligent overview of the topic intended for rhetoric and communication scholars as well as practitioners and administrators in a number of science-based disciplines. With the expanded availability of once inaccessible technologies and computing power to laypeople, the practice of citizen science will only continue to grow. This study offers insight into how-given prudent application and the clear articulation of common goals-citizen science might strengthen the relationships between scientists and laypeople.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 公民科学的好处和陷阱的讨论利用公众参与和众包数据收集的科学事业。詹姆斯•韦恩的及时调查突出了建立在公开收集数据基础上的科学研究，并探讨了这些研究使用的修辞。许多这样的努力，例如被广泛使用的SETI@home项目，仅仅是利用参与者的家用电脑的处理能力;其他的，比如蛋白质折叠游戏，要求用户在解决科学问题时发挥更积极的作用。在《数字时代的公民科学:修辞、科学和公众参与》一书中，韦恩分析了促成这些科学冒险的话语，以及科学家和普通人之间交流中出现的困难，以及滥用公开收集的数据的可能性。韦恩通过关注各种案例研究，揭开了这些令人兴奋的新研究进展的错综复杂之处。他对安全广播项目进行了探讨，该项目源于福岛辐射扩散的众源测绘，他认为，不断发展的技术使公众志愿者能够提出具体、合理、有科学依据的论点。此外，他还考虑了公民科学作为一种增加公众对科学界的认同的方法的潜在用途，并思考了更多的协作修辞可能如何加深这些互动和协调的机会。此外，他还探讨了如何将志愿人员的生活经验与专家科学知识结合起来，以及如何将这种个人参与用于进一步的政策议程。很少有文本探讨修辞、科学和互联网的交集。数字时代的公民科学填补了这一空白，为修辞学和传播学学者以及一些以科学为基础的学科的实践者和管理者提供了一个清晰、智能的主题概述。随着曾经难以获得的技术和计算能力向普通人的扩展，公民科学的实践只会继续增长。这项研究为公民科学如何加强科学家和门外汉之间的关系提供了深入的见解，并给出了谨慎的应用和明确的共同目标。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况：“韦恩考察了公民科学如何影响关键概念的概念化(例如，气候变化或与辐射有关的问题)，并可以影响公共辩论，如气候模型的可靠性。[…这项工作几乎完全是非技术性的，读者可以增长广泛的学科知识和兴趣。推荐。”——选择

“《数字时代的公民科学》解决了公民科学运动和互联网新技术交叉所产生的问题。它是及时的、重要的、正确的，符合科学与公众之间关系的新兴趣。”——卡罗琳•米勒，《类型、机构和技术研究》的作者

“韦恩的公民科学研究方法在社会学和修辞科学研究之间找到了一个平衡点，并在几个方面突破了界限。数字时代的公民科学有效地将人们与该领域的各种工作联系起来。”——约翰•莱恩，传播学教授，科学哲学中心常驻研究员，匹兹堡大学传播系研究生部主任

"Wynn examines how citizen science can impact the conceptualization of key ideas (e.g., climate change or issues related to radiation) and can influence public debates, such as the reliability of climate models.[ . . . ] The work is almost entirely non-technical and will be accessible to readers from a wide array of disciplines and interests. Recommended."--CHOICE

"Citizen Science in the Digital Age addresses issues created by the intersection of the citizen science movement and the new technologies of the Internet. It is timely, important, and right in line with the renewed interest in the relations between science and its publics." --Carolyn R. Miller, author of Studies in Genre, Agency, and Technology

"Wynn’s approach to citizen science hits a sweet spot between sociological and rhetorical studies of science, and pushes the boundaries in several respects. Citizen Science in the Digital Age usefully invites connections to diverse strands of work in the area."--John Lyne, professor of communication, resident fellow at the Center for the Philosophy of Science, and director of graduate studies for the communication department at the University of Pittsburgh

About the Author/作者介绍： 詹姆斯•韦恩是卡内基梅隆大学英语副教授，著有《数字进化:生物学中数学论证的起源》。

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.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：

原文第一章内容：暂无

手稿：暂无

大纲：暂无