scholarly journals The "Problem of Extension" revisited: new modes of digital participation in science

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. A06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha Dickel ◽  
Martina Franzen
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Scientific Practice ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The Public ◽  
Technology Governance ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Relationship

Citizen Science is part of a broader reconfiguration of the relationship between science and the public in the digital age: Knowledge production and the reception of scientific knowledge are becoming increasingly socially inclusive. We argue that the digital revolution brings the "problem of extension" — identified by Collins and Evans in the context of science and technology governance — now closer to the core of scientific practice. In order to grasp the implications of the inclusion of non-experts in science, the aim of this contribution is to define a role-set of non-certified knowledge production and reception, serving as a heuristic instrument for empirical clarifications.

Consumption in the Digital Age

2019 ◽  
pp. 266-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eda Turanci
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Brand Names ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interaction Rate ◽  
The Relationship

In today's world, the digital environment has an influence on consumers' lives, in terms of attitudes, preferences, habits, likes and dislikes, and purchasing practices. It is also observed that throughout history, a variety of professionals have been utilized to influence the public. To the group of individuals who lead as celebrities, role models, or opinion leaders in the digital age, “influencers” have been added in. This chapter aims to examine the relationship between influencers and consumption. As a result of the research, it was revealed that most of the shares/posts had the name of a brand or product, tagged brand, or used related hashtags to direct followers to consumption. The findings also show that despite the use of a large number of brand names, a very small number of these posts have the emphasis of sponsorship, advertising, or cooperation. Finally, it was also found that despite the high number of followers, the interaction rate is very low.

The Economic Crisis in Brazil

1985 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-221
Author(s):  
S Silva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
National Development ◽  
International Capital ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Financial Speculation ◽  
National Capital ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper are presented data on the behavior of the Brazilian economy in 1983 including the more immediate effects of the economic crisis and its links with the ‘national development model’. Economic development of the last decades has determined the core of the economic structure formed by the relationship between international capital, private national capital, and the public sector. The current crisis and, in particular, financial speculation are explained by the (contradictory) movement of the core. Finally, the political implications that are arising in the process of solving the economic crisis are stressed.

Understanding science from the perspective of the sociology of scientific knowledge: an overview

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Yearley
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Practice ◽  
Public Understanding Of Science ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Mutual Benefit ◽  
Public Controversy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sociology Of Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Understanding Of Science ◽  
Understanding Science

In this paper I argue that the analytic perspective known as the `sociology of scientific knowledge' (SSK) provides an appropriate platform for examining issues in the public understanding of science. In particular. I suggest that three pervasive features of academic scientific practice identified by SSK—trust, judgement and long-termism—are central to interpreting difficulties with the `public understanding of science' in many situations of public controversy. The paper concludes by identifying areas where studies in SSK and the public understanding of science would be of mutual benefit.

Towards a History of Projects

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 423-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Keller ◽  
Ted McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Experimental Philosophy ◽  
Scientific Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Colonial Expansion ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stuart England ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Individual Effort

This introduction argues for the value of projecting as a category of analysis, while exploring the contexts for its emergence and spread as a genre of intellectual and practical activity in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. The emergence of the morally ambivalent figure of the “projector” in Elizabethan and Stuart England – initially in connection with confessional strife and attacks on corruption, and subsequently in relation to colonial expansion, experimental philosophy, and commercial and fiscal innovation – provoked defences of projecting that articulated the relationship between private interest, individual effort, the public good, and collaborative ­scientific practice in new ways. German cameralists and French philosophes extended these arguments, while recuperating the figure of the projector, in the eighteenth century.


Trust in Commercial and Personal Transactions in the Digital Age

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Trust Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Online Trust ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Transaction Context ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter concentrates on how trust has been conceptualized and studied, providing a refined understanding of many trust-related issues that affect commerce but arguably also other online transactions in the digital age, such as in the public services. A discussion of the role of experience, gender, and culture in relation to the generation of online trust beliefs is presented. It is noted that trust development is dependent on time. Trust is ‘necessary for the success of economic transactions’ and is viewed as the relationship facilitator between trading partners. The focus of online trust issues has developed, and the role of recommendation agents and avatars in trust building is described in the same way that the antecedents of trust received attention a number of years ago. It is hoped that this chapter has clarified some of the key issues that require consideration when researching trust in an online transaction context.

The place of people in our knowledge

1999 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helga Nowotny
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Actual Practice ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Science System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Embeddedness ◽  
The Relationship

The science system of Western civilization is facing irreversible transformations. These transformations will affect the relationship between the public image of science and the actual practice within the sciences. In a situation in which scientists are increasingly asked ‘what have you lately done for us’, the alleged purity and objectivity of the sciences have to be reconsidered and we have to rethink the place of people in the knowledge produced by the sciences. Bringing together insights from social and historical studies of science, this article argues for the awareness of a more local, historically and socially contingent knowledge production, which – due to this local embeddedness – can lead to a socially more robust science.

scholarly journals The Development and Innovation of Physical Education in Colleges and Universities under the Concept of "Lifelong Physical Education"

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Ou Bai ◽  
Chenyang Xia
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Relationship

<p>In modern society, people's material living standards have risen substantially, and physical exercise has been paid more and more attention by the public. Therefore, the goal of physical education in colleges and universities should be set lifelong physical education thought as the core and reform towards lifelong physical education thought. This paper analyzed the importance of lifelong sports, the relationship between sports and lifelong sports in colleges and universities is parsed, discussion how the lifelong sports education in physical education in colleges and universities to carry out the problem, which will be lifetime sports thought and the integration of college physical education reform, put forward the corresponding strategy, in order to improve the universities sports teaching methods of teaching.</p>

scholarly journals Can we understand citizen science?

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. E ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Lewenstein
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
The Core ◽  
Democratic Engagement ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Citizen science is one of the most dramatic developments in science communication in the last generation. But analyses of citizen science, of what it means for science and especially for science communication, have just begun to appear. Articles in this first of two special issues of JCOM address three intertwined concerns in this emerging field: The motivation of citizen science participants, the relationship of citizen science with education, and the implications of participation for creation of democratic engagement in science-linked issues. Ultimately these articles contribute to answering the core question: What does citizen science mean?

scholarly journals Citizen consultations on science communication: A citizen science approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Delicado ◽  
Jussara Rowland ◽  
Empar Vengut Climent ◽  
Isabel Mendoza-Poudereux ◽  
Edurne Gaston
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
Science Approach ◽  
Public Consultations ◽  
International Research Project

Citizen science is part of a wider trend in science and society of promoting two-way dialogue and engagement between scientists and the public, by involving citizens in the research process. This paper examines how CONCISE, an international research project involving Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland and Slovakia, seeks to understand how citizens acquire and use scientific information, by engaging citizens through public consultations. The consultations gathered close to 500 citizens in 2019. Asking them for suggestions on how to improve science communication and involving them in the dissemination efforts, CONCISE aims to put citizens at the core of the research process.

In Google we trust: Information integrity in the digital age

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Shaker
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Information Privacy ◽  
Share Price ◽  
The Public ◽  
Extensive Coverage ◽  
Information Safety ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper considers information safety and accuracy in the digital age using Google as an entry point. In doing so, it explores the role media play in shaping the relationship of information, privacy, and trust between Google and the public. This inquiry is undertaken using framing theory to guide a content analysis of the way Google is presented in New York Times articles from a two–year period ending in November, 2005. Analysis of the extensive coverage of Google’s share price and earnings reports leads to the conclusion that trust in Google is fostered in part simply by reports of its fiscal success. To the extent that this is true, meaningful public debate about information policies is inhibited.

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