Imaging Education: The Media and Schools in America

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Gene I. Maeroff
Teachers College Press, 1998 - Education - 232 pages
This is a book for anyone who has ever wondered about the impact that the media have on the way that people think about schools and colleges. Are charges of negativity true or only in the minds of the beholders? Chapter by chapter,Imaging Education looks closely at the influence of each facet of the media, from reporting in newspapers to findings in public opinion polls, to television sit-coms and documentaries, to feature films, to college rankings in popular magazines. A stellar group of contributors includes academics, journalists, and researchers, who have all written original chapters for this book addressed to general readers as well as specialists in education and the media.

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Contents

PARTI
11
The Lamentable Alliance Between the Media
26
Ignorance Is Bliss
46
WHAT THE SURVEYS SAY
57
The Media and Polls on EducationOver the Years
69
PART III
83
Reading and the Media
101
School Desegregation Press Coverage and Public Perceptions
116
What College Selectivity Looks Like to the Public
148
The Effects
161
PART V
179
A Gentlemans C for TVs Education Coverage
195
Educating Television
209
Toward Greater Responsibility by All
221
Index 227
229
Copyright

PART IV
133

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