Science Fiction and Science Policy

Perhaps because of the growing status afforded both media studies and science and technology studies as disciplines, there is growing interest in the relationship between cultural texts and the formation of public attitudes toward science and technology. Christopher Frayling's Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema and Daniel Dinello's Technophobia! Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology suggest a desire to better understand how film—most notably science fiction film—shapes the way we think about science and technology and their uses in society.