Television'sNOVAand the construction of scientific truth
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Critical Studies in Mass Communication
- Vol. 7 (1) , 11-23
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15295039009360160
Abstract
The PBS documentary science series NOVA dramatizes science for an elite audience. The goal of demystifying science is left behind in this process; instead, a variety of devices are used to maintain dramatic tension and to define the scientist as a special type of person. Since control over scientific information is an important form of power in postindustrial society, the failure of NOVA in this respect has ideological significance.Keywords
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