1st Edition
Science and the Internet Communicating Knowledge in a Digital Age
CHAPTER 1. Revolution or Evolution? Casing the Impact of Digital Media on the Rhetoric of Science
Jonathan Buehl
CHAPTER 2. Learning to “Share Your Science”: The Open Notebook as Textual Object and Dynamic Rhetorical Space
Chad Wickman
CHAPTER 3. The Scientific Journal: Making It New?
Joseph E. Harmon
CHAPTER 4. Evaluation After Publication: Setting the Record Straight in the Sciences
Alan G. Gross
CHAPTER 5. The Online Research Article and the Ecological Basis of New Digital Genres
Christian F. Casper
CHAPTER 6. The Chemistry Liveblogging Event: The Web Refigures Peer Review
Michelle Sidler
CHAPTER 7. Controversies on the Web: The Case of Adult Human Neurogenesis
Jeanne Fahnestock
CHAPTER 8. Radiolab and Parasites: Podcasting Horror and Wonder to Foster Interest in Science
Sarah Wardlaw
CHAPTER 9. Online Visualizations of Natural Disasters and Hazards: The Rhetorical Dynamics of Charting Risk
Charles Kostelnick and John Kostelnick
CHAPTER 10. Meltdowns in the Media: Visualization of Radiation Risk from The Printed Page to the Internet
James Wynn
CHAPTER 11. Intersections: Scientific and Parascientific Communication on the Internet
Ashley R. Kelly and Carolyn R. Miller
CHAPTER 12. Why People Care About Chickens and Other Lessons About Rhetoric, Public Science, and Informal Learning Environments
Stacey Pigg, William Hart-Davidson, Jeff Grabill, and Kirsten Ellenbogen
CHAPTER 13. Afterword: Social Changes in Science Communication: Rattling the Information Chain
Charles Bazerman
Editors’ Biographies
Contributors
Index
Biography
Gross, Alan; Buehl, Jonathan
"Science and the Internet... is an eye opening journey into the business of modern day science. A dozen timely case studies exemplify the complications and opportunities that come from both globalization and the technological revolutions within the profession... Although focused primarily on the biological sciences, all the chapters in this volume have relevant messages for psychological researchers... [The] case studies are ideal for symposia and discussion groups." -Dr. Linda Berg-Cross, professor of pscyhology, Howard Unviersity, author, and Dr. Sage Arbor, assistant professor, Marian University's College of Medicine, for PsycCritiques
