Article ID: CBB001320187

Science Popularization, Hegemonic Ideology and Commercialized Science (2012)

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This paper attempts to discuss the relations between science popularization and hegemonic ideology. The latter is continuously in need to rearticulate itself, and science popularization appears to be one of the means for such a rearticulation. Nevertheless, it also appears that hegemonic ideology and scientific popularization are strongly linked with the construction of utopias, such as those of a world of almost free energy of the 1950s and of a world free of diseases of post-1980s.

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Authors & Contributors
Katherine Boyce-Jacino
Jones, Allan
Zeman, Scott C.
Von Burg, Ron
Vermeer, Leonieke
Thurs, Daniel Patrick
Concepts
Popular culture
Public understanding of science
Science and culture
Popularization
Science and government
Utopias
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
21st century
Enlightenment
Places
United States
China
Soviet Union
Netherlands
Spain
Russia
Institutions
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Royal Society of London
British Association for the Advancement of Science
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