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Science on American television : a history
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Science on American television : a history

Author: Marcel C LaFollette
Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013, ©2013.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marcel C LaFollette
ISBN: 9780226921990 0226921999
OCLC Number: 777002156
Description: x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: Inventions and dreams --
Experimenting with illusion --
Elementary education, basic economics --
Dramatizing science --
Taking the audience's pulse --
Saving planet earth : fictions and facts --
Adjusting the lens : documentaries --
Monsters and diamonds : the price of exclusive access --
In splendid isolation : the public's television --
Defining what's new(s) about science --
Entrepreneurial popularization --
Warning : children in the audience --
Rarae aves : television's female scientists --
The Smithsonian's world : exclusivity and power --
All science, all the time.
Responsibility: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette.
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"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 Read more...

 
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