{"606081":{"#nid":"606081","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"GATECH Prof: Looking For the Science in Sci-Fi","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Yaszek, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, was featured in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Atlanta Journal Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E, May 10, article, \u0026ldquo;Ga. Tech prof: Looking for the science in sci-fi.\u0026rdquo; The School of Literature Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYaszek is part of a new AMC series called \u0026ldquo;James Cameron\u0026rsquo;s Story of Science Fiction,\u0026rdquo; which airs on Monday nights at 10 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the six episodes she is among the celebrities and scientists talking about\u0026nbsp;aliens, time travel, outer space, dystopian futures, monsters, and \u0026ldquo;intelligent machines.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Aliens\u0026rdquo; Cameron captures a world in which corporate greed tramples on the human spirit and yet the spirit bounces back.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I like \u0026lsquo;Aliens,\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo; she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;I feel it created the look of the future that made sense -- maybe not scientific accuracy but social accuracy. What if corporations went into space?\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.accessatlanta.com\/entertainment\/arts--theater\/tech-prof-looking-for-the-science-sci\/vInnEfiUI1u0TyDQZHwSYJ\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ewebsite.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2018-05-11 13:54:47","changed_gmt":"2018-05-15 17:56:31","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.accessatlanta.com\/entertainment\/arts--theater\/tech-prof-looking-for-the-science-sci\/vInnEfiUI1u0TyDQZHwSYJ\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"605632":{"id":"605632","type":"image","title":"Lisa Yaszek","body":null,"created":"1524844207","gmt_created":"2018-04-27 15:50:07","changed":"1539181717","gmt_changed":"2018-10-10 14:28:37","alt":"Portrait photo of School of Literature, Media, and Communication professor Lisa Yaszek","file":{"fid":"230934","name":"Lisa Yaszek.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lisa%20Yaszek.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lisa%20Yaszek.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":554289,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Lisa%20Yaszek.jpg?itok=cAtgXM02"}}},"media_ids":["605632"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3899","name":"alien"},{"id":"167171","name":"science fiction"},{"id":"177950","name":"james cameron"},{"id":"8311","name":"outer space"},{"id":"177951","name":"dystopian futures"}],"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":""}}}