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Peer reviewedNeustadter, Roger – Youth and Society, 1989
Traces the changes in the depiction of childhood in science fiction films from the 1950s to the present decade. Argues that the contemporary science fiction representation of the sentimental child is a cultural idealization that opposes the social reality of the vanishing child. (FMW)
Descriptors: Characterization, Child Role, Children, Cultural Images
Peer reviewedNugent, William R. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Explains virtual reality as a computer-synthesized three-dimensional environment (cyberspace) in which human participants, appropriately interfaced, appear to be enveloped. Cyberspace in science fiction is discussed; contributions of aerospace and military simulation trainers, digital imaging, and motion picture special effects are described; and…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Computer Simulation, Cybernetics, Films
