Black Box Arguments and Accountability of Experts to the Public
Sally Jackson
Saturday, 02 Jun 2012 at 4:10 pm – 101 Carver Hall
Sally Jackson is a professor of communication and former CIO at the University of Illinois. Winner of numerous awards in the communication and argumentation fields, she focuses on the design and engineering of processes to promote effective communication in complex situations. In this talk she will examine the public knowledge infrastructures that our increasingly complex, technological society relies upon, and why citizens can reasonably trust them.Between Scientists & Citizens: Assessing Expertise in Policy Controversies
June 1-2, 2012
We are increasingly dependent on advice from experts in making decisions in our personal, professional, and civic lives. But as our dependence on experts has grown, new media have broken down the institutional barriers between the technical, personal and civic realms, and we are inundated with purported science from all sides. Many share a sense that science has lost its "rightful place" in our deliberations. This conference gathers scholars from the humanities and social sciences to deepen our understanding of effective and appropriate science communication in policy controversies.
Cosponsored By:
- Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- English
- Philosophy
- Speech Communication Program
- Strengthening the Professoriate @ ISU
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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