[ecrea] CFP Science and Television

Call For Papers: Science and Television
Co-Editors: Steven Gil and Bill Lott
Proposal Abstract due 23 December 2014
Full Article due 31 March 2015
Publication 2016
Contributions are invited for a special issue of the Journal of Popular 
Television (Intellect) which seeks to analyse the presence, 
representation, and role of science in television.
As science has become more and more integrated into mainstream society, 
increasingly varied and sometimes sophisticated representations of 
science have taken centre stage in popular culture. Science content, 
both factual and fictional, manifests in many forms of entertainment and 
infotainment. Much of this content is produced for, disseminated 
through, and consumed as popular television. Science content on 
television has opened a large space in the academic landscape for new 
and original analyses. The complexity, diversity, and salience of 
science in popular television signals the pressing need for critical 
engagement with both contemporary and historical examples.
Articles can examine any part of the theme, including (but not limited to):

    * Representations of science and scientists on television (whether 
fictional, dramatized, or real)
    * Use of scientific knowledge and practices in television series 
and documentaries
    * Documentaries about science
    * The cultural influence of science as shown through television
    * The influence of television on science and scientists
    * Scientists as television celebrities
    * What television as a medium enables and restricts with regards to 
the presentation of science
    * Television and popular science
    * Science communication and education through television, or the 
use of televisual materials in communicating and teaching science
    * How/where scientific debates are shown on and contributed to by 
television
    * Science on non-Western television
    * Science and scientists in science fiction television
    * Scientific accuracy and method as part of the marketing of shows 
such as The Big Bang Theory, and Mythbusters
    * Food science in television cooking shows

Send a titled abstract of 300-500 words and a short CV by 23 December 
2014 to:

(jptvscience /at/ gmail.com)

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