Reporting of social science in the national media

Abstract

Contents -- Chapter 1. The Nature of the Study / Carol H. Weiss -- Part I. Interview / Carol H. Weiss -- Chapter 2. Processes of Reporting -- Chapter 3. How Journalists and Social Scientists View the Reporting of Social Science -- Chapter 4. A Search for Factors That Make a Story Good -- Chapter 5. Social Science Not Covered by the Media: Reporting of AAAS Meetings -- Chapter 6. Social Science Not Covered: Incoming Media Communications -- Chapter 7. The General Pattern of Social Science Reporting -- Chapter 8. In Which We Conclude, Seek to Improve, and Take Stock