The life of a number : measurement, meaning and the media / B.T. Lawson.

Drawing on case studies, this book examines how politicians, academics and journalists gave meaning to data during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson sheds light on the distinct nature of the pandemic that led to the increased politicization of data and how it permanently changed the way we view health a...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Lawson, Brendan (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Medical informatics. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Data processing. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Mathematical models. Mathematical models Electronic data processing Medical informatics Since 2020