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Science on American Television
Marcel C Lafollette
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Description for Science on American Television
Hardcover. As television emerged as a major cultural and economic force, many imagined that the medium would enhance civic education for topics like science. This title examines the content of shows and explores audience and advertiser responses, the role of news in engaging the public in science, and the making of scientific celebrities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
As television emerged as a major cultural and economic force, many imagined that the medium would enhance civic education for topics like science. And, indeed, television soon offered a breathtaking banquet of scientific images and ideas - both factual and fictional. Mr. Wizard performed experiments with milk bottles. Viewers watched live coverage of solar eclipses and atomic bomb blasts. Television cameras followed astronauts to the moon, Carl Sagan through the Cosmos, and Jane Goodall into the jungle. But what promised to be a wonderful way of presenting science to huge audiences turned out to be a disappointment, argues historian Marcel ... Read more
As television emerged as a major cultural and economic force, many imagined that the medium would enhance civic education for topics like science. And, indeed, television soon offered a breathtaking banquet of scientific images and ideas - both factual and fictional. Mr. Wizard performed experiments with milk bottles. Viewers watched live coverage of solar eclipses and atomic bomb blasts. Television cameras followed astronauts to the moon, Carl Sagan through the Cosmos, and Jane Goodall into the jungle. But what promised to be a wonderful way of presenting science to huge audiences turned out to be a disappointment, argues historian Marcel ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226921990
SKU
V9780226921990
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99-1
About Marcel C Lafollette
Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette is an independent historian based in Washington, DC. She is the author of several books, including Science on the Air and Making Science Our Own.
Reviews for Science on American Television
"What many scholars attempt to do, Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette accomplishes. Picking up where Science on the Air left off, Science on American Television explores the peculiar relationship between broadcast television and popular science education, and its history of false starts, wrong turns, and cultural touchstones." (Matthew H. Hersch, University of Pennsylvania)"