Gouyon, J-B;
(2018)
From engaged citizen to lone hero: Nobel Prize laureates on British television, 1962–2004.
Public Understanding of Science
, 27
(4)
pp. 446-457.
10.1177/0963662518760790.
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Abstract
Between 1962 and 2004, Nobel Prize laureates appear in the British television science programme Horizon in various roles, denoting differing understandings of science in relation to society and culture. These representations are the outcome of an interplay of cultural and institutional factors. They vary with the broadcasting environment. Notably, the article establishes that the choice of presenting scientists as heroic characters in strongly determined storylines from the late-1990s onwards originates in a reaction to institutional imperatives as a means to preserve the existence of the Horizon series. The article shows that exigencies of the institutional context in which media professionals operate are major factors influencing the representation of science in public.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | From engaged citizen to lone hero: Nobel Prize laureates on British television, 1962–2004 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0963662518760790 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0963662518760790 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | British television, horizon, neoliberalism, Nobel laureates, Nobel Prize, politics of science communication, science in public, television |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042353 |
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