Social Scientists Meet the Media
"Part chronicle, part analysis and part advice manual, Social Scientists Meets the Media combines the thoughts of academics and media people to produce a vivid and valuable series of accounts that will prove of service to all academics seeking a wider audience but wary of the terra incognita they face in finding one" Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University Social Scientists know they are in a dilemma: their work may fall prey to sensationalism, but at the same time they don't want to be...
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"Part chronicle, part analysis and part advice manual, Social Scientists Meets the Media combines the thoughts of academics and media people to produce a vivid and valuable series of accounts that will prove of service to all academics seeking a wider audience but wary of the terra incognita they face in finding one" Ellis Cashmore, Aston University Social Scientists know they are in a dilemma: their work may fall prey to sensationalism, but at the same time they don't want to be overlooked. Social Scientists Meet the Media collects the experiences of academics who have sought to publicize their research. It contains personal accounts from social scientists with extensive media contact and representatives from radio, television and the press. Based on these often humorous and sometimes chastening accounts, the editors suggest ways to achieve a more fruitful relationship between social scientists and the media.
Notes on contributorsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction11If you want publicity . . . call an estate agent?192The psychologist and the media: opportunities, challenges and dangers343The sociologist as media football: reminiscences and preliminary reflections514Media vs. reality?655The research dissemination minefield756Sex and dinosaurs847Pornography's piggy in the middle: pressure groups, the media and research938Tales of expertise and experience: sociological reasoning and popular representation1089Media representations of psychology: denigration and popularization, or worthy dissemination of knowledge?12310Contributing to broadcast news analysis and current affairs documentaries: challenges and pitfalls13811Productive partners - the view from radio15112Television's dangerous liaisons16513From science to journalism175Social scientists and the media: an overview186Bibliography212Index219
