Panel discussion
A panel discussion, or simply a panel, involves a group of people gathered to discuss a topic in front of an audience, typically at scientific, business, or academic conferences, fan conventions, and on television shows. Panels usually include a moderator who guides the discussion and sometimes elicits audience questions, with the goal of being informative and entertaining.[1][2] Film panels at fan conventions have been credited with boosting box office returns by generating advance buzz.
Format
The typical format for a discussion panel includes a moderator in front of an audience.[3]
Television shows in the English-speaking world that feature a discussion panel format include
Fan conventions
Panels at sci-fi
One of the earliest film panels was at the 1976 San Diego Comic-Con, when publicist Charles Lippincott hosted a slideshow—in front of a "somewhat skeptical" audience—for an upcoming film called Star Wars. Five years later, the Blade Runner panel at the 1981 San Diego Comic-Con featured a film featurette, before featurettes were popular. At the 2000 event, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring preview panel ushered in today's era of hugely popular panels.[8]
Manels
A manel is a panel whose participants are all men. The term is a
See also
- News conference
References
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- ^ "The 10 Most Memorable Panels In Comic-Con History". Film.com. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ Jeff Sherwood, 'On the radar: manel', OxfordWords (5 July 2017).
- ^ Cambridge Words, 'New words – 30 October 2017', About Words: A Blog from Cambridge Dictionary (30 October 2017).
- ^ Olivia Crellin, 'Only men at your event? This blog will shame you', BBC Trending (27 May 2015).
- ^ Brigid Schulte, 'There’s No Excuse for All-Male Panels. Here’s How to Fix Them', Slate (6 October 2017).
- ^ Mary Elizabeth Williams, 'The "manel" in academia: Why are no women historians coming to a big event?', Salon (16 March 2018).
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- ^ J. Bouvy and M. Mujoomdar, 'All Male Panels and Gender Diversity of Issue Panels and Plenary Sessions at ISPOR Europe', Preprints (2019), 2019030238.
- ^ Michael Skapinker, 'Ending men-only panels is a spur to creativity', Financial Times (24 April 2018).