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Media Mediocrity-Waging War Against Science: How the Television Makes Us Stoopid!
Richard Zurawski
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paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFDT; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
From science channels and documentaries to fictional and children's programming, television brings a myriad of scientific discoveries and theories into the homes of people around the world. While television is an important intermediary between society and its understanding of science, this record argues that the science we learn on the tube is inaccurate, misleading, and, sometimes, even dangerous. Dealing with issues such as tobacco consumption, global warming and Intelligent Design-as well as a host of pseudoscientific pursuits like UFOs, ghosts, and the afterlife-this illuminating account examines how producers' pursuit of ratings and profit trump any desire to provide the Audience ... Read more
From science channels and documentaries to fictional and children's programming, television brings a myriad of scientific discoveries and theories into the homes of people around the world. While television is an important intermediary between society and its understanding of science, this record argues that the science we learn on the tube is inaccurate, misleading, and, sometimes, even dangerous. Dealing with issues such as tobacco consumption, global warming and Intelligent Design-as well as a host of pseudoscientific pursuits like UFOs, ghosts, and the afterlife-this illuminating account examines how producers' pursuit of ratings and profit trump any desire to provide the Audience ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552664001
SKU
V9781552664001
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