Toward an Ethical Rhetoric of the Digital Scientific Image: Learning From the Era When Science Met Photoshop

Over the past two decades, scientific editors have attempted to correct "mistaken" assumptions about scientific images and to curb unethical image-manipulation practices. Reactions to the advent and abuse of image-adjustment software (such as Adobe Photoshop) reveal the complex relations a...

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Published inTechnical communication quarterly Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 184 - 206
Main Author Buehl, Jonathan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Argumentation
Credibility
digital image manipulation
Ethics
Learning
Rhetoric
rhetoric of science
Science
Software
visual rhetoric
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Summary:Over the past two decades, scientific editors have attempted to correct "mistaken" assumptions about scientific images and to curb unethical image-manipulation practices. Reactions to the advent and abuse of image-adjustment software (such as Adobe Photoshop) reveal the complex relations among visual representations, scientific credibility, and epistemic rhetoric. Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca's model of argumentation provides a flexible system for understanding these relations and for teaching students to use scientific images ethically and effectively.
ISSN:1057-2252
1542-7625
DOI:10.1080/10572252.2014.914783