Social Scientists Meet the Media

Cheryl Haslam is Lecturer in Psychology at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leicester University. Alan Bryman is Professor of Social Research, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University.

• Introduction Cheryl Haslam and Alan Bryman Section I SOCIAL SCIENTISTS 1. If You Want Publicity ... Call an Estate Agent? obert Burgess 2. The Psychologist and the Media: Opportunities, Challenges and Dangers Cary L. Cooper 3. The Sociologist as Media Football: Reminiscences and Preliminary Reflections Eric Dunning 4. Media vs. Reality? Hans J.Eysenck 5. The Research Dissemination Minefield Cheryl Haslam and Alan Bryman 6. Sex and Dinosaurs Helen Haste 7. Pornography's Piggy in the Middle: Pressure Groups, the Media, and Research Dennis Howitt 8. Tales of Expertise and Experience: Sociological Reasoning and Populat Representation Graham Murdock 9. Media Representations of Psychology: Deigrationa nd Popularisation, or Worthy Dissemination of Knowledge? Jane Ussher 10. Contributing to Broadcast News Analysis and Current Affairs Documentaries: Challenges and Pitfalls Paul Wilkinson SECTION II THE MEDIA 11. Productive Partners - the View from Radio Peter Evans 12. Television's Dangerous Liaisons Martin Freeth 13. From Scince to Journalism Oliver Gillie 14. Social Scientists and the Media: An Overview Cheryl Haslam and Alan Bryman