Techno-Scientific Spectacle: The Rhetoric of IMAX in the Contemporary Science Museum

January 1st, 2004 | RESEARCH

This article presents IMAX films as making science more accessible to the public, but cautions against building spectators rather than participants. It examines a film about Yellowstone while making the case that large-format films serve entertainment rather than scientific purposes.

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Joanna Ploeger, Author, University of Iowa

Citation

Identifier Type: DOI
Identifier: 10.13008/2151-2957.1038
Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 2151-2957

Publication: Poroi
Volume: 3
Number: 2
Page(s): 73

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Audience: Educators | Teachers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Education and learning science | General STEM | Technology
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Films and IMAX | Media and Technology