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

January 1, 2004 | Media and Technology
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
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    University of Iowa

    • Citation

    DOI : 10.13008/2151-2957.1038
    ISSN : 2151-2957
    Publication Name: Poroi
    Volume: 3
    Number: 2
    Page Number: 73
    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Education and learning science | General STEM | Technology
    Audience: Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Films and IMAX

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