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 representing the "rotting
carcass of science TV" really are valid. Campbell considers if in
fact; when considered in relation to the principles, practices and
communication strategies of different sciences; these shows can be
seen to offer more complex and rich representations that construct
sciences as objects of wonder, awe and the sublime.
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