The Skeptics Guide #16 - Oct 12 2005

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

Skepticism, Paranormal, Psuedoscience, Science, Fringe-science, Skeptic

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🗓️ 12 October 2005

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Interview with Glen G. Sparks

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe.
0:06.4	Today is Wednesday, October 12, 2005.
0:09.7	This is your host, Steven Novella, President of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:14.4	With me today are Perry DeAngelis, Hello everybody.
0:18.2	Bob Novella.
0:19.2	Hello everyone.
0:20.7	And Evan Bernstein.
0:21.7	Good evening folks.
0:24.1	This week we have a special guest, Glenn Sparks.
0:27.4	Glenn, welcome to the Skeptic's Guide.
0:29.2	Hi, pleasure to be here.
0:31.3	Glenn Sparks is a professor of communication at Purdue University who has written extensively
0:36.8	about the effects of media, specifically television viewing on beliefs and behavior, including
0:42.6	belief in the paranormal, which is why he's on our show this week.
0:45.8	He is the author of Media Effects Research, a basic overview which is an undergraduate
0:50.9	text.
0:51.9	So, Glenn, we were looking over a lot of the articles that you've written, of course,
0:56.7	some of which we've read in the past.
0:59.0	Let's start with one that's obviously close to what we deal with, investigating the relationship
1:03.7	between exposure to television programs that depict paranormal phenomenon and belief
1:08.9	in the paranormal.
1:10.7	Tell us a little bit about that.
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