Social Studies and the Press

In this collection of 19 articles, contributors cover the nature of the relationship between the press and social science, especially in education.

Part I: Getting to Know You. Beauty or Beast? - Margaret Smith Crocco; Spreading the News about Social Studies - Gene Maeroff; The "Information" Media: Social Studies' Main Competitor - Carlos Cortes; Part II: Historical Perspectives. A Fickle Lover: Experiences with the Media in Historical Context - Ronald Evans; Headlines and Furrowed Brows: NCSS Engagement with Social Studies Critics and the Press - Tedd Levy; Dispatches from the Front Line of the Culture Wars - Linda Symcox; The Illusion of Knowledge: Editorial Perspectives On the Teaching and Learning of History - Richard J. Paxton; Part III: Lessons from the Field. The Press and Global Education - Merry Merryfield; Riding the Tiger: The Press, Myra, and Me - David Sadker. Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop - Mark Sass; What Counts as a (News/His)Story? Whose (News/His)Story? - Catherine Cornbleth; When Your Lesson Plan Ends Up on the Front Page - James McGrath Morris; Part IV: Teaching about/with the Media. Give Us 8 Seconds and We'll Give You...the Business - Doug Selwyn; Children's Exposure to Trauma and Violence in the Media: Evolving Literacy Skills to Counter Hype and Foster Hope - Michael and Ilene Berson; Reading the "News" and Reading the "World" in High School Social Studies Classrooms - Alan J. Singer and Michael Pezone; Part V: New Media and Citizenship Education. Democratic Education and Self-Publishing on the Web - Howard Budin; Blogs in the Machine - Judith Cramer; Part VI: Improving the Relationship. Practicing What We Preach - Richard Theisen; Covering the Conflict and Missing the Point - Richard Lee Colvin; Down from the Tower and into the Fray: Adventures in Writing for the Popular Press - E. Wayne Ross.