Saturday, November 17, 2007

Films about science -- what do they communicate?

FILM: SPACE: Reminiscences of the Moon Trips -- Pasachoff 318 (5851): 751 -- Science

This review of a documentary about going to the moon highlights a few communication issues -- the meanings of what "scientists" (astronauts, anyway) say when they step onto the moon, the presence or nonpresence of religious comments in science documentaries, the "pre-preparation" of some announcements.

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