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Science, Entertainment and Television Documentary
Vincent Campbell
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Description for Science, Entertainment and Television Documentary
Hardback. Num Pages: 237 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AP; GL; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
The shift from traditional documentary to factual entertainment television has been the subject of much debate and criticism, particularly with regard to the representation of science. New types of factual programming that combine documentary techniques with those of entertainment formats (such as drama, game-shows and reality TV) have come in for strident criticism. Often featuring spectacular visual effects produced by Computer Generated Imagery these programmes blur the boundaries between mainstream science and popular beliefs. Through close analysis of programmes across a range of sciences, this book explores these issues to see if criticisms of such hybrid programmes as ... Read more
The shift from traditional documentary to factual entertainment television has been the subject of much debate and criticism, particularly with regard to the representation of science. New types of factual programming that combine documentary techniques with those of entertainment formats (such as drama, game-shows and reality TV) have come in for strident criticism. Often featuring spectacular visual effects produced by Computer Generated Imagery these programmes blur the boundaries between mainstream science and popular beliefs. Through close analysis of programmes across a range of sciences, this book explores these issues to see if criticisms of such hybrid programmes as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137385376
SKU
V9781137385376
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99-15
About Vincent Campbell
Vincent Campbell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. He has written on issues relating to the communication of science in factual television, and more widely on issues relating to screen communication. He co-edited Controversial Images: Media Representations on the Edge (with Atwood, F., Hunter, I. and Lockyer, S., Palgrave 2013). ... Read more
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