Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement
- ISBN-10
- 0817319433
- ISBN-13
- 9780817319434
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 207
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-01-10
- Publisher
- University of Alabama Press
- Author
- James Wynn
Description
In Citizen Science in the Digital Age, James Wynn examines the benefits and pitfalls of citizen science--scientific undertakings that make use of public participation and crowd-sourced data collection.
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