ArgumentThis article describes the efforts of one fifty-year-old nuclear physics research center to stay relevant as the boundaries of nuclear physics have expanded and distributed collaborations have become increasingly common. In adapting to these shifts, SENSE, a university-based institute in the United States, has seen notable changes in power relations, forms of legitimation, and social structures. This article recognizes and investigates these changes through an interpretative investigation of four common media objects incorporated into research practice at the institute: collaboration wikis, telephones, computer simulations, and government reports. In doing so, this article adopts an approach from media studies through which hard-to-see changes in social and cultural life can be investigated by observing media objects in research practice. Ultimately, this article tells the story of a research organization and an entire discipline working to adapt to a rapidly changing scientific landscape.

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核物理的意义：新的前沿、媒体和合作

论点这篇文章描述了一个拥有 50 年历史的核物理研究中心为保持相关性所做的努力，因为核物理的边界已经扩大，分布式合作变得越来越普遍。在适应这些转变的过程中，美国大学研究所 SENSE 在权力关系、合法化形式和社会结构方面发生了显着变化。本文通过对纳入研究所研究实践的四种常见媒体对象的解释性调查来认识和调查这些变化：协作维基、电话、计算机模拟和政府报告。为此，本文采用了媒体研究的方法，通过观察研究实践中的媒体对象，可以研究社会和文化生活中难以察觉的变化。