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Introduction: From “The Popularization of Science through Film” to “The Public Understanding of Science” (2018)

Science in Context
Volume: 31
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-14

DOI: 10.1017/S026988971800008X

URI: http://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/science-in-context/article/introduction-from-the-popularization-of-science-through-film-to-the-public-understanding-of-science/0D4A4414C0BE83E8ABB6B4BB923EA1E5

Publication Date: 2018
Edition Details: Science in Film and the Deficit Model
Language: English

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Science in film, and usual equivalents such as science on film or science on screen, refer to the cinematographic representation, staging, and enactment of actors, information, and processes involved in any aspect or dimension of science and its history. Of course, boundaries are blurry, and films shot as research tools or documentation also display science on screen. Nonetheless, they generally count as scientific film, and science in and on film or screen tend to designate productions whose purpose is entertainment and education. Moreover, these two purposes are often combined, and inherently concern empirical, methodological, and conceptual challenges associated with popularization, science communication, and the public understanding of science. It is in these areas that the notion of the deficit model emerged to designate a point of view and a mode of understanding, as well as a set of practical and theoretical problems about the relationship between science and the public.

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Article Eleanor Louson (2018) Taking Spectacle Seriously: Wildlife Film and the Legacy of Natural History Display. Science in Context (pp. 15-38). unapi

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