A research symposium at the University of Manchester
Thursday 4 and Friday 5 June 2015
We are now in a golden age for science in entertainment. Academy Award winning films such as Gravity and The Theory of Everything, and television ratings titans like The Big Bang Theory, have
proved that science–based entertainment products can be both
critically acclaimed and financially successful. In fact, many high
profile scientific organizations including the US National Academy of
Sciences and the Wellcome Trust in the UK now believe that science
communication can, and perhaps should, be both informative and
entertaining.
These groups have embraced movies and television as legitimate
vehicles for science communication by developing initiatives to
facilitate scientific involvement in the production of films and
television programs. Science communication scholarship on entertainment
media has been slow to catch up with the enthusiasm shown by these
scientific organizations, as science communication studies of science
in mass media still predominantly focus on news media and factual
documentaries.
This Wellcome Trust-funded
two-day symposium brings together scholars from across disciplines to
explore the communication of science through entertainment media in
order to uncover new ways of approaching, understanding, and theorizing
about this topic. Our exciting range of speakers will explore science
communication and entertainment media from a variety of disciplinary and
global perspectives as it is practised and experienced by a diverse
array of publics.
The event will run from Thursday 4 to Friday 5 June 2015 and is organized by the Science and Entertainment Lab
research group within CHSTM, comprised of David A. Kirby, William R.
Macauley, and Amy C. Chambers. There is no cost for attending the
symposium, but spaces are limited.
Please contact the organizers if you are interested in attending, or if you would like further details: storiesaboutscience@manchester.ac.uk
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