I'm not sure I can help with the development of a course, but if you are
looking for resource materials then I might be able to help. Here at The
British Psychological Society we receive about 1000 (one thousand) print
press cuttings a month. Once we have 'done' with them they are passed to
Martin Bauer at LSE ([log in to unmask]) for the Science Museum Libraray. So
via Martin you may be able to get hold of a long history of how
'psychology' has been reported.
I hope this is of use.
Stephen White
Publications and Communications Directorate Manager
The British Psychological Society
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Subject: Psychology and the Media
Hi,
I am in the early stages of developing a course for 1st year undergraduates
in Psychology at the University of Exeter called "Psychology and the
Media". It will look at "The Media" and the way information is supplied to
the public from a psychological perspective. The hope is that students
will become more critical consumers of media explanations of research,
especially research commonly described as "psychological" (i.e. the whole
range from market surveys to insights into mental illness). Students will
be assigned the task of creating written and verbal explanations for lay
people to help them become more aware of the difficulties. I also want to
touch on the ways in which media is created with the human perceptual
system in mind.
An unstated aim of the course is to help the students understand why the
academic psychology course they are taking is so different from
"Psychology" as it is commonly "practised".
I would like come help, advice or comments please. Is anyone aware of any
other courses like this in the UK or abroad? Or some books on one or more
of these topics? Or some researchers in the field?
Lesley Newson
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