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  1. Alok Jha: Science and the Media - Presentations and Discussion (2012)

    Subject
    Media studies; Science

    Video recording of an event held at the Royal Institution on 13 March 2012. Recent debates on copy-checking of science-based articles in the media have exposed a gulf between what journalists do and what...

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  2. Science Communication and Public Engagement (2010)

    Subject
    Media studies; Science

    The adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel ‘The War of The Worlds’ in 1938 showed the power of radio to capture listeners’ imagination through science-fiction - and in doing so demonstrated how mass media...

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  3. Alternative 3 (2007)

    Director
    Christopher Miles
    Subject
    Environmental science; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £15.99

    Originally scheduled for broadcast on April Fool’s Day 1977 but delayed until June due to industrial action, ALTERNATIVE 3 was a controversial hoax documentary in the vein of Orson Welles’s radio...

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  4. Do Scientists Get the Media They Deserve? (2007)

    Subject
    Media studies; Science

    Audio recording of a lecture given by Dr J. Craig Venter, a pioneer in the world of genomic research on 25.10.2007. In the RSA series of Thursday lectures, held in association with the Reuters Institute for...

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  5. Ali G on Science (2007)

    Subject
    Media studies; Science

    The British comedy character Ali G conducts a spoof interview with a panel of scientists including the creationist Dr Kent Hovind, Dr Joseph Coates, Dr Jerimiah Baumann and Graham Molitor. (7 minutes)

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  6. Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus (2006)

    Director
    Randy Olson
    Subject
    Biology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 84 minutes), $345.00

    Flock of Dodos" is a humorous examination of the debate between evolutionists and intelligent design (ID) proponents who argue that life is too complex to be explained by science alone. The film features...

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  7. David Attenborough: Perception, Deception and Reality (2004)

    Subject
    Media studies; Science

    A recording of the Michael Faraday Lecture delivered by David Attenborough at the Royal Society on 28 January 2004. Once, technical inadequacies led natural history film-makers to distort events or even...

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  8. Breakthrough or Ballyhoo? (1992 Video)

    Producer
    John Groom
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Are newspaper headlines and their stories to be believed? Recent examples include ‘British breakthrough likely to end asthma suffering’, ‘Vitamin K linked to child cancer’, and ‘Astronomers find...

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  9. Pandora’s Box. Part 1: The Engineers’ Plot (1992 Television)

    Producer
    Edward Mirzoeff
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 60 min.

    PANDORA’S BOX is an award-winning 6-part series on the impact of science and technology on everyday life in the 20th century, and their reflection in changing media images of science and scientists. Part 1...

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  10. Pandora’s Box. Part 2: To the Brink of Eternity (1992 Television)

    Producer
    Adam Curtis; Edward Mirzoeff
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 60 min.

    PANDORA’S BOX is an award-winning 6-part series on the impact of science and technology on everyday life in the twentieth century, and their reflection in changing media images of science and scientists....

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