The atom according to Disney

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9237671
AutoresElizabeth Walker Mechling (California State University, Fullerton), Jay Mechling (University of California, Davis)
Año1995
Volumen81
Número4
Páginas436-453
Fecha de publicación1995-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQuarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00335639509384128
OpenAlexW2065659796
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas27

The broadcast of Disney's 1957 film, “Our Friend the Atom,” a Tomorrow land segment for the Disneyland television show, was a significant moment in the rhetorical history of the naturalization of atomic energy. Disney's interpretation of the peaceful atom, both in the televisual text and in the theme park narratives, had much in common with other mid‐century texts, from world's fairs to popular science books, but the particular contribution of Disney was the metaphor and visual icon of the Genie who grants three wishes. The Genie metaphor offered an optimistic twist on a traditionally ironic story, helping naturalize the peaceful atom

Aesthetics · Art · Energy (signal processing) · Icon · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Metaphor · Narrative · Physics · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Science Education and Perceptions