Images of Technology in Popular Films: Discussion and Filmography
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Science, Technology, & Human Values
- Vol. 14 (3) , 275-301
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016224398901400305
Abstract
From at least 1925 to the present, science and technology have been depicted largely negatively in popular films of all genres. The images of science and technology in films reflect consistent public anxiety over the linkage between science, technology, and corporate power; the complacency of government agen cies and scientists toward new knowledge and artifacts; the insensitivity of scientists toward the moral implications of their research and its applications; and the co-option of technical knowledge by vested corporate and government interests. Public conservatism is reflected in the suspicion toward new knowledge and new artifacts and in questioning whether science and technology truly improve the human conditionKeywords
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