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Communicating the Nature of Science through "The Big Bang Theory": Evidence from a Focus Group Study
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Li, Rashel; Orthia, Lindy A. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2016
In this paper, we discuss a little-studied means of communicating about or teaching the nature of science (NOS)--through fiction television. We report some results of focus group research which suggest that the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" (2007-present), whose main characters are mostly working scientists, has influenced…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Programming (Broadcast), Television, Focus Groups
An Analysis of University TV Spots Aired during National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Football Games
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Daniel Alford Roberts – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Public universities who participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision produce and air university TV spots during televised college football games. The purpose of this research was to analyze TV spots of public universities who participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association…
Descriptors: Programming (Broadcast), Content Analysis, Television, Team Sports
Weighing in on NBC's "The Biggest Loser": Governmentality and Self-Concept on the Scale
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Readdy, Tucker; Ebbeck, Vicki – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2012
Previous analyses (i.e., Bernstein & St. John, 2006; Sender & Sullivan, 2008) of the television show "The Biggest Loser" have detailed its negative presentation of the obese body, potential consequences for viewers, and its role as a technology of governmentality. However, there has been little exploration of how audience members…
Descriptors: Television, Programming (Broadcast), Audience Response, Audience Analysis
Educational Myth-Making with "Due Accuracy and Impartiality"? A Current Affairs TV Episode in the United Kingdom
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Wallace, Mike – Peabody Journal of Education, 2007
The mass media contribution to education politics is explored through the application of a pluralistic theoretical framework to evidence connected with the making of an episode of a U.K. current affairs television program. The episode addressed a politically contentious educational issue but proved controversial in itself. Several sources…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Programming (Broadcast), Mass Media Effects