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| Science: Science is a systematic process of acquiring knowledge about the natural world through observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing. It is based on the assumption that the universe is governed by natural laws that can be discovered through scientific inquiry. See also Method, Review, Knowledge, Verification, Confirmation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Evgeny Morozov on Science - Dictionary of Arguments
I 249 Science/Data/citation/citation index/Morozov: Mendeley ((s) Literature management software) registers which scientific data is quoted by which researchers and how often and where.(1) Morozov: at first glance, there is not much to criticize about this new level of knowledge. Problems: 1. It favours the tendency to classify scientific output more and more according to measurable quantities. 2. The even greater restriction on publication possibilities when climbing the scientific ladder has an impact on the quality ((s) the content) of the publications. This is shown by a study of the Wall Street Journal: editors of some science journals may have rejected serious articles because they did not cite sufficient publications published in their own journals. (2) Scholarly Kitchen Blog/Morozov: dealt with a particular article, published in a magazine called Medical Science Monitor. The article cited 490 articles; 445 of which appeared in another journal, Cell Transportation. Partly as a result of this article, Cell Transportation's impact factor increased by 21 percent between 2009 and 2010. That would not be very suspicious if the two magazines did not have so much in common: three of the four editors who contributed to the Medical Science Monitor article were also members of Cell Transportation's editorial board.(3) Morozov: this is a win-win situation for everyone except science. (...) Ultimately, this is also a consequence of increasing quantification. >Social Media, >Social Networks, >Networks, >Media, >Internet, >Internet culture, >Search engines, >Information, >Knowledge. 1. Quoted in Bobbie Johnson, “Mendeley Injects Some Pace into Academia with Fast, Big Data,” GigaOM, August 6, 2012, http:// gigaom.com/ europe/ mendeley-injects-some-pace-into-academia-with-fast-big-data. A recent Wall Street Journal investigation: Gautam Naik, “Journals’ Ranking System Roils Research,” Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2012, http:// online.wsj.com/ article/ SB10000872396390444082904577609313125942378. html. 2. Gautam Naik, “Journals’ Ranking System Roils Research,” Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2012, http:// online.wsj.com/ article/ SB10000872396390444082904577609313125942378. html. 3. Phil Davis, “The Emergence of a Citation Cartel,” The Scholarly Kitchen, April 10, 2012, http:// scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/ 2012/ 04/ 10/ emergence-of-a-citation-cartel. “the nutrient composition_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Morozov I Evgeny Morozov To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism New York 2014 |
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