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DrFelicityMellor

Central Faculty, Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication

Director of Science Communication Unit
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 8746f.mellor

 
 
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S312BSherfield BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Mellor:2018:10.1017/S0269889718000042,
author = {Mellor, F},
doi = {10.1017/S0269889718000042},
journal = {Science in Context},
pages = {39--59},
title = {Configuring epistemic authority: the significance of film style in documentaries about science},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0269889718000042},
volume = {31},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Among the many limitations of the deficit model of science communication is its inability to account for the qualities of communication products that arise from creative decisions about form and style. This paper examines two documentaries about the nature of time – Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light and the first episode of the BBC's Wonders of the Universe series – in order to consider how film style inflects science with different meanings. The analysis pays particular attention to the ways in which authority is assigned between film author, narrator, and depicted subjects and the degree to which different film styles promote epistemological certainty or hesitancy.
AU  - Mellor,F
DO  - 10.1017/S0269889718000042
EP  - 59
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 0269-8897
SP  - 39
TI  - Configuring epistemic authority: the significance of film style in documentaries about science
T2  - Science in Context
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0269889718000042
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000428651600003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/60162
VL  - 31
ER  -
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