Science, Entertainment and Television Documentary

Vincent Campbell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. He has written on issues relating to the communication of science in factual television, and more widely on issues relating to screen communication. He co-edited Controversial Images: Media Representations on the Edge (with Atwood, F., Hunter, I. and Lockyer, S., Palgrave 2013).

• Acknowledgements.- 1) Introduction: The Changing Landscape of Science Television.- 2) Analytical Frameworks: Science, Documentary and Factual Entertainment.- 3) Space Sciences: Wonders of the Cosmos.- 4) Palaeontology: Monsters from Lost Worlds.- 5) Archaeology: Ancient Secrets and Treasures.- 6) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters.- 7) Pseudoscience and Popular Beliefs.- Bibliography.-