Article ID: CBB001421047

Data Interpretation in the Digital Age (2014)

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Leonelli, Sabina (Author)


Perspectives on Science
Volume: 22, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 397-417


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Article in a special issue, “Simulation, Visualization, and Scientific Understanding”
Language: English

Internet databases have become prominent tools for data dissemination. This paper examines the conditions under which data posted online enhance biologists' understanding of organisms, and particularly how knowledge acquired through physical interaction with biological materials is used to assess the evidential value of data found online. I conclude that familiarity with research in vivo and in vitro is crucial to assessing the quality and significance of data visualised in silico; and that studying how data are disseminated and interpreted in the digital age fosters a view of scientific understanding as social and distributed, rather than individual and localized.

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Authors & Contributors
Rachel Hill
Vestergård, Gunver Lystbæk
Baumhammer, Megan
Guimont, Edward
Burkhart, Patrick
Nielsen, Kristian H.
Concepts
Communications, digital
Internet
Public understanding of science
Communication technology
Computers and computing
Databases
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
Denmark
China
Institutions
Virtual HistSTM Community
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