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Ficta: remixing generalized symbolic media in the new scientific novel
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Abstract This article analyzes the use of fictionalization in popular science communication as an answer to changing demands for science communication in the mass media. It concludes that a new genre—Ficta—arose especially with the work of Michael Crichton. The Fi... view more
This article analyzes the use of fictionalization in popular science communication as an answer to changing demands for science communication in the mass media. It concludes that a new genre—Ficta—arose especially with the work of Michael Crichton. The Ficta novel is a fiction novel based on a real scientific problem, often one that can have or already does have serious consequences for our culture or civilization. The Ficta novel is a new way for the entertainment society to reflect on scientific theories, their consequences and meaning. Jurassic Park is chosen for an in-depth analysis in order to bring out the essential characteristics of Ficta, showing how its reflections on complexity, fractals, self-reference, non-linearity and unpredictability in science transform our view of scientific knowledge as being the tool for deterministic control into a second order reflection on complexity and the limits of control and predictability.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 153-174
Journal
Public Understanding of Science, 15 (2006) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662506059441
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)