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Imaging Education:
The Media and Schools in America
Gene I. Maeroff, Editor
Pub Date: 1998, 240 pages
Paperback: $24.95, ISBN: 0807737348
 
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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.
Chapters: The Newspaper’s Responsibility, Aleta Watson • The Lamentable Alliance Between the Media and School Critics, David C. Berliner and Bruce J. Biddle • Education and the Press: Ignorance Is Bliss, Denis P. Doyle • Do Media Shape Public Perceptions of America’s Schools? Deborah Wadsworth • The Media and Polls on Education—Over the Years, Larry Cuban • The Media’s Mixed Record in Reporting Test Results, Laurence T. Ogle and Patricia A. Dabbs • Reading and the Media, Dorothy S. Strickland • School Desegregation, Press Coverage and Public Perceptions, Leonard B. Stevens • The 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 • Education Against All Odds: What Films Teach Us About Schools, Amy Stuart Wells and Todd W. Serman • A Gentleman’s C for TV’s Education Coverage, George R. Kaplan • Educating Television, John Leonard
Also by Gene I. Maeroff:
The Empowerment of Teachers: Overcoming the Crisis of Confidence
The Learning Connection: New Partnerships Between Schools and Colleges
Team Building for School Change: Equipping Teachers for New Roles
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