Numbers and nerves: information, emotion, and meaning in a world of data

"We live in the age of Big Data, awash in a sea of ever-expanding information...a constant deluge of facts, statistics, models, and projections. The human mind is quickly desensitized by information presented in the form of numbers, and yet many important social and environmental phenomena, ran...

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Weitere Verfasser: Slovic, Scott 1960- (HerausgeberIn), Slovic, Paul 1938- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Corvallis Oregon State University Press 2015
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Zusammenfassung:"We live in the age of Big Data, awash in a sea of ever-expanding information...a constant deluge of facts, statistics, models, and projections. The human mind is quickly desensitized by information presented in the form of numbers, and yet many important social and environmental phenomena, ranging from genocide to global climate change, require quantitative description. The essays and interviews in Numbers and Nerves explore the quandary of our cognitive responses to quantitative information, while also offering compelling strategies for overcoming insensitivity to the meaning of such information. With contributions by journalists, literary critics, psychologists, naturalists, activists, and others, this book represents a unique convergence of psychological research, discourse analysis, and visual and narrative communication. At a time of unprecedented access to information, our society is frequently stymied in its efforts to react to the world's massive problems.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xxiii, 238 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780870717765