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Lunn, M.; Noble, A. – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
The often portrayed media image of the scientist is a rather strange one, grim-looking scientists, usually male, poised beside incomprehensible instruments. It is little wonder that we encounter the stereotype of the bespectacled scientist; thick black rims, coke bottle lenses, roman sandals, dressed in lab coats, trousers up to their necks. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Stereotypes, Mass Media Effects