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==In fiction and popular culture== By 1981, a number of articles on nuclear electromagnetic pulse in the [[popular press]] spread knowledge of the nuclear EMP phenomenon into the [[popular culture]].<ref>Raloff, Janet. May 9, 1981. "EMP: A Sleeping Electronic Dragon." Science News. Vol. 119. Page 300</ref><ref>Raloff, Janet. May 16, 1981. "EMP: Defensive Strategies." Science News. Vol. 119. Page 314.</ref><ref>Broad, William J. 1983 January/February. "The Chaos Factor" Science 83. Pages 41-49.</ref><ref>Burnham, David. June 28, 1983. "U.S. Fears One Bomb Could Cripple the Nation." New York Times. Page C1. [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/28/science/us-fears-one-bomb-could-cripple-the-nation.html]</ref> EMP has been subsequently used in a wide variety of fiction and other aspects of popular culture. The popular media often depict EMP effects incorrectly, causing misunderstandings among the public and even professionals, and official efforts have been made in the United States to set the record straight.<ref name="metaR320"/> The [[United States Space Command]] commissioned science educator [[Bill Nye]] to narrate and produce a video called "Hollywood vs. EMP", so that inaccurate Hollywood fiction would not confuse those who must deal with real EMP events.<ref>Air Force Space Command, [https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2009/filmvideo/non-broadcast-productions-training-for-corporate-use/hollywood-vs-emp/98587 ''Hollywood vs. EMP''], Manitou Motion Picture Company, 2009 (not available to the general public).</ref> The video is not available to the general public. <!-- Please do not post specific media examples here. If you add them here they will be deleted. -->
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