MythBusters, or Why “the Only Difference Between Screwing Around and Science Is Writing It down"

• Authors: Bemben, Alicja

Abstracts

EN

This article focuses on the popular-science programme MythBusters to illustrate the various ways in which it employs science. On the basis of my analysis of these, I, first, argue that the popculture of the early twenty-first century generates products in which multiple uses of scientific activity are a standard. Second, it is also substantiated that this multiplication of the uses of science translates into it being forfeited in favour of entertainment even in broadcasts that are, or at least seem, targeted at it.

Keywords

EN

popculture; science; MythBusters; Umberto Eco; the Middle Ages; popularising science

• Publisher: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej, Instytut Teologiczny im. Jana Kantego w Bielsku-Białej, Książnica Beskidzka
• Journal: Świat i Słowo
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 36(1)
• Pages: 29-43

Dates

published

2021-03-11

Contributors

author

Bemben, Alicja