Nice work Katrina!
Ill take a look! :)
S
On 2013-11-13 17:53, Katrina Jackson wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> I don't have good overall statistics on the number of viewers of
> science and comedy shows - perhaps check with the Nielsen ratings
> and/or whatever the UK equivalent would be - but I did do a survey
> asking people about what science shows they watch for my thesis
> project. The survey participants were mostly students and faculty in
> North Dakota, USA, and mostly scientists, so I don't know how helpful
> this would be for you. The Big Bang Theory was the only comedy
> listed in my survey, (well, MythBusters also has some elements of
> comedy,) and it was among the top three most popular science shows for
> both the scientist and non-scientist survey participants. (Of
> course, the fact that it's a prime-time network show could also
> explain its popularity.)
>
> http://katrina-jackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Thesis-Final-Jackson.pdf
> [3] See pages 66-68. (The methodology is explained pages 40-48.)
>
> Good luck!
>
> Thanks,
> Katrina
>
> Katrina Jackson
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> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Sam Gregson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Dear all-
>>
>> I do a lot of science stand up comedy and need to write a
>> report/speech justifying why it is an important and desirable method
>> of disseminating scientific information.
>>
>> I'm looking for a good source of statistics RE the
>> popularity/viewing figures of comedy (e.g. Mock the Week), science
>> (e.g. Horizon) and science comedy (e.g. QI, Dara's sci club etc)
>> TV/radio shows. Any stats showing the popularity of science comedy
>> shows relative to straight science shows would be even better! Any
>> stats showing an increase in science comedy viewers or the
>> proliferation of science comedy shows would also be great.
>>
>> I thought someone on this list might have looked into this before
>> and have some insights. I bow to your greater wisdom before I start
>> ham-fistedly Googling ;)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Sam :)
>>
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