Media, Metaphors and Modelling
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Auteurs : Brigitte Nerlich [Royaume-Uni]Source :
- Science, Technology, & Human Values [ 0162-2439 ] ; 2007-07.
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- Animal health, April, Avian influenza, Bickerstaff, Blunderbuss approach, Cambridge university press, Case study, Computer model, Computer models, Computer predictions, Computer simulation, Conceptual metaphors, Contiguous, Crystal ball, Cultural knowledge, Daily telegraph, David king, Decision makers, Detective work, Deterministic model, Diagnostic reasoning, Disease control, Disease control purposes, Disease outbreak, Diseasecontrol management, Epidemic, Epidemiological, Epidemiological modellers, Epidemiological modelling, Epidemiologist, Fictional detectives, Food standards agency, Formal representation, General election, Haywood, Highfield, Human values, Imperial college, Imperial college team, Important forum, Infectious diseases, Investigative methods, John krebs, Joint meeting, Kitching, Laboratories agency, Latest killer virus, Maff, Mapping tools, Mathematical modelling, Mathematical models, Media coverage, Metaphor, Metaphorical, Modeller, Modelling, Modelling exercise, Mouth crisis, Mouth crisis marks, Mouth disease, National herd, National mood, Neil ferguson, Nerlich, Newsnight transcript, Newspaper articles, Other fields, Outbreak, Policy makers, Policy options, Political decision, Political force, Political implications, Prof anderson, Professor anderson, Professor david king, Professor king, Professor kitching, Public perceptions, Public understanding, Quantitative modelling, Royal society, Rural affairs, Same time, Scientific knowledge, Seductive graphs, September, Social science, Software wizards, Sunday telegraph, Technological tool, Vaccination, Veterinary experts, Western morning news, White coats, Woolhouse, Workaday tool.
Abstract
The relation between theoretical models and metaphors has been studied since at least the 1950s. The relation between metaphors and mathematical modelling is less well researched. This article takes the media coverage of the foot and mouth modelling exercise in 2001 as an occasion to examine the metaphors of mathematical modelling that were proposed by the UK press during that time to make sense of this new scientific policy tool. One can detect a gradual change in metaphor use by the newspapers from conceptualizing modellers as detectives and models as mapping tools to modellers as soldiers and heroes, to modellers as liars and models as tools to distort the truth. This seems to indicate a shift in reporting from seeing models as a legitimate and "objective" basis used by decision makers to pursue science-based policies towards seeing models as tools used to legitimize increasingly difficult political decisions.
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DOI: 10.1177/0162243907301003
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