Controversy Mapping : A Field Guide

Tommaso Venturini

ISBN 10: 1509544518 / ISBN 13: 9781509544516

Editore: Polity Press Dez 2021, 2021

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Neuware - As disputes concerning the environment, the economy, and pandemics occupy public debate, we need to learn to navigate matters of public concern when facts are in doubt and expertise is contested.Controversy Mapping is the first book to introduce readers to the observation and representation of contested issues on digital media. Drawing on actor-network theory and digital methods, Venturini and Munk outline the conceptual underpinnings and the many tools and techniques of controversy mapping. They review its history in science and technology studies, discuss its methodological potential, and unfold its political implications. Through a range of cases and examples, they demonstrate how to chart actors and issues using digital fieldwork and computational techniques. A preface by Richard Rogers and an interview with Bruno Latour are also included.A crucial field guide and hands-on companion for the digital age, Controversy Mapping is an indispensable resource for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as activists, journalists, citizens, and decision makers.

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• Titolo: Controversy Mapping : A Field Guide
• Editore: Polity Press Dez 2021
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1509544518
• ISBN 13: 9781509544516
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

<p>As disputes concerning the environment, the economy, and&nbsp;pandemics&nbsp;occupy public debate, we&nbsp;need to learn to navigate matters of public concern when facts are in doubt and expertise is contested.</p> <p><i>Controversy Mapping</i>&nbsp;is the first book to&nbsp;introduce readers to the observation and representation of contested issues on digital media. Drawing on&nbsp;actor-network theory&nbsp;and&nbsp;digital methods,&nbsp;Venturini&nbsp;and Munk outline the&nbsp;conceptual underpinnings&nbsp;and the&nbsp;many tools and techniques of&nbsp;controversy mapping. They review its history in science and technology studies, discuss its methodological potential, and unfold its political implications. Through a range of cases and&nbsp;examples, they demonstrate how to chart actors and issues using digital fieldwork and computational techniques. A preface by Richard Rogers and an interview with Bruno Latour are also included.</p> <p>A crucial field guide and hands-on companion for the digital age,&nbsp;<i>Controversy Mapping</i>&nbsp;is&nbsp;an indispensable resource for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as activists, journalists, citizens, and&nbsp;decision makers.</p>

Informazioni sull?autore

<b>Tommaso Venturini</b>&nbsp;is a researcher at the CNRS Center for Internet and Society, and co-founder of the Public Data Lab and of the m&eacute;dialab of Sciences Po.<br /><b>Anders Kristian Munk</b>&nbsp;is Director of the Techno-Anthropology Lab at the University of Aalborg and co-founder of the Public Data Lab.