Book contents
- The Portable Mentor
- The Portable Mentor
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Applying to Graduate School
- Part II Beginning your Career
- Part III Your Research/Academic Career
- Part IV Your Career as a Practitioner
- Part V Your Professional Service Career
- 21 Getting Involved in Professional Organizations: A Gateway to Career Advancement
- 22 Advocacy: Advancing Psychology and Public Well-Being
- 23 Public Education of Psychology: An Interview with Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD
- 24 Working with the Media – and Getting the Media to Work for You
- Part VI Your Career After Graduate School
- Index
- References
24 - Working with the Media – and Getting the Media to Work for You
from Part V - Your Professional Service Career
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2022
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Book contents
- The Portable Mentor
- The Portable Mentor
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Applying to Graduate School
- Part II Beginning your Career
- Part III Your Research/Academic Career
- Part IV Your Career as a Practitioner
- Part V Your Professional Service Career
- 21 Getting Involved in Professional Organizations: A Gateway to Career Advancement
- 22 Advocacy: Advancing Psychology and Public Well-Being
- 23 Public Education of Psychology: An Interview with Philip G. Zimbardo, PhD
- 24 Working with the Media – and Getting the Media to Work for You
- Part VI Your Career After Graduate School
- Index
- References
Summary
By disseminating findings from psychological research and promoting psychological services to the public, the media serves an important function benefiting the public and our field. Psychologists early in their career can serve an important role contributors to social media, as consultants to trade media, community media outlets, or even national/international media conglomerates. We asked Dr. Phil Zimbardo to discuss his vision for the role of the media in psychology, his advice for psychologists who are contacted by the media, and also to discuss his own groundbreaking experiences with the media on behalf of psychology over the years.
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- The Portable MentorExpert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology, pp. 434 - 448Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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