The Scientist in Popular Culture

doi:10.5771/9781793633040

The Scientist in Popular Culture

Playing God and Working Wonders

1. Edition 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793633040
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-3303-3
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-3304-0
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

In this collection, contributors analyze the depiction of scientists in a wide range of films and television programs that span across genres, including horror, science fiction, crime drama, comedy, and children’s media. Scientists in popular culture, they argue, often embody the hopes and fears associated with real-life science, which continue to be prevalent in both fictional and non-fiction media. By becoming the “human face” of scientific insight and innovation, the scientist in popular culture plays a key role in encouraging public engagement with scientific ideas. Scholars of media studies, popular culture, and health communication will find this book particularly useful.

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Film Communications Media TV popular culture representation science fiction media science in film science in television horror

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Preface
1–20 Frankenstein Goes West 1–20
21–36 “Pay Attention, 007” 21–36
37–52 2001: A Space Odyssey 37–52
53–70 The Scientist as Sixties Icon 53–70
71–92 “Why Is Everything So Heavy in the Future?” 71–92
93–112 Through Heroism and Science “Woman Inherits the Earth” 93–112
113–132 A Scientific Method to Muppet Madness 113–132
133–152 “All of It, Madness” 133–152
153–172 A Feeling for the Clone 153–172
173–190 Dexter 173–190
191–206 “It’s My Time Now. The Time of Science” 191–206
207–226 “I Suggest You Don’t Worry about Those Things and Just Enjoy Yourself” 207–226
227–232 Index 227–232
233–236 About the Editor and Contributors 233–236

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