著者

桂 有加子 平田 光司

出版者

北海道大学科学技術コミュニケーター養成ユニット(CoSTEP)

雑誌

科学技術コミュニケーション (ISSN:18818390)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, pp.3-13, 2010-12

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By analyzing a TV program on the vulnerability of the Y chromosome and the possible extinct of human beings, it is shown that the program took a scientific evidence (the vulnerability of the Y chromosome) and put it in a context different from the original and academic one. The extinct of humans is not a subject of the normal science and is a type of trans-science question. Among many entertainment tools, this type of deconstruction is useful to make the program quickly understandable for non-experts. It is quite possible that the deconstruction reveals the context owned by the society. This can be unavoidable and the academy should not have right nor obligation to stop it. On the other hand, the scientists should be aware of the deconstruction mechanism of the media and the society and try to coexist with it as a different culture.