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Media Under the Microscope: How Popular Culture could Change the Face of Science
Venue: Site 1
Saturday 07 November 2009 13:45
Moderator: James Newman
Participants: James Kilner, Nina Fefferman, David Surman
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In the past, producers made films about science, but now it seems that dynamic is being turned on its head. Social networking models, massive multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft and even Zombie films are helping inform how viruses spread and are increasing our understanding of how we socialize and form networks. We discuss what it means for scientists and content producers and take a light-hearted look at what happens when the media world is put under the microscope. During the session we will also reveal the final results of the Doc/Fest networking system Flink and find out who were the best and worst networkers in the Docs community!