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
Part II. Content Analysis / Eleanor Singer, with Phyllis Endreny
Chapter 9. How Much Social Science Do the Media Report?
Chapter 10. Social Scientists as Sources
Chapter 11. The Quality of Social Science Reporting
Chapter 12. Some Implications of the Findings
Methodological Appendix
Bibliography
Index