| Description |
vii, 232 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Published in collaboration with the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media"--Page ii. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Overview of the media's coverage of education -- Newspaper's responsibility / Aleta Watson -- Lamentable alliance between the media and school critics / David C. Berliner, Bruce J. Biddle -- Education and press: ignorance is bliss / Denis P. Doyle -- Part II. What the surveys say -- Do media shape public perceptions of America's schools? / Deborah Wadsworth -- Media and polls on education--over the years / Larry Cuban -- Part III. Media's impact in three areas--testing, learning to read, desegregation -- Media's mixed record in reporting test results / Laurence T. Ogle Patricia A. Dabbs -- Reading and the media / Dorothy S. Strickland -- School desegregation, press coverage, and public perceptions / Leonard B. Stevens. |
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Part IV. Media's narrow approach to higher education coverage -- Media and public perceptions of tuition costs / Rochelle L. Stanfield -- What college selectivity looks like to the public / Richard W. moll and B. Ann Wright -- Everybody wants to be number one: the effects of the media's college rankings / Don Hossler -- Part V. Images of education in the visual media -- Education against all odds" what films teach us about schools / Amy Stuart Wells and Todd W. Serman -- Gentleman's C for TV's education coverage / George R. Kaplan -- Educating television / John Leonard -- Conclusion: Toward greater responsibility by all / Gene I. Maeroff. |
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Education in mass media.
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Mass media -- United States.
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Education in mass media. (OCoLC)fst00902866
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Mass media. (OCoLC)fst01011219
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Massenmedien.
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Schule.
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United States.
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| Added Author |
Maeroff, Gene I.
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Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media.
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| ISBN |
0807737356 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780807737354 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0807737348 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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9780807737347 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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