Abstract
As a journalist who has recently begun carrying out sociological research, I have been struck by the parallels between social science and journalism. I have also been intrigued by some sociological studies of the media which seem to me to suggest that we are little more than a bunch of jumped-up charlatans. This article seeks to examine whether journalism is, in fact, so very different from the social sciences and to ask what might motivate some social scientists to wish to establish a firm differential between the two occupations.
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Fawcett, Liz
(1993)
"Social Scientists and Journalists: Are the Former Really so Different from the Latter?,"
Irish Communication Review:
Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
doi:10.21427/D7KX5P
Available at:
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/icr/vol3/iss1/4
DOI
10.21427/D7KX5P