{"585534":{"#nid":"585534","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"There\u2019s a Name for Terrible Science Fiction: Skiffy ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThere\u0026rsquo;s a Name for Terrible Science Fiction: Skiffy \u003C\/strong\u003Efeatures LMC\u0026nbsp; professor and associate chair Lisa Yaszek. \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFuturity \u003C\/em\u003E- December 28, 2016\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.futurity.org\/science-fiction-skiffy-1324832-2\/\u0022\u003ELisa Yaszek, an expert on the history of science fiction, describes the genre\u0026rsquo;s three categories: SF, sci-fi, and skiffy, which range from the seriousness of Stanley Kubrick to the silliness of Sharknado. \u0026ldquo;Science fiction is a global language that allows us to communicate the experience of science and technology across centuries, continents, and cultures,\u0026rdquo; says Yaszek, professor and associate chair in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWatch the video:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.futurity.org\/science-fiction-skiffy-1324832-2\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.futurity.org\/science-fiction-skiffy-1324832-2\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2017-01-04 22:03:30","changed_gmt":"2017-01-04 22:04:02","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"reconfigurable transceivers","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.futurity.org\/science-fiction-skiffy-1324832-2\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-12-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-12-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"574391":{"id":"574391","type":"image","title":"Lisa Yaszek - Professor and Associate Chair","body":null,"created":"1473359548","gmt_created":"2016-09-08 18:32:28","changed":"1475895383","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:23","alt":"Lisa Yaszek - Professor and Associate Chair","file":{"fid":"207178","name":"lisa_2_headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lisa_2_headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lisa_2_headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4005135,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lisa_2_headshot.jpg?itok=rFbPSURW"}}},"media_ids":["574391"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11021","name":"Lisa Yaszek"},{"id":"167171","name":"science fiction"},{"id":"39781","name":"LMC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}