Do the MEDIA present a distorted image of PSYCHOLOGY??

Question

do u think that the media present psychology more as a science or more as a form of common sense?
and do u feel like media present the diverse fields of psychology or only a few?

Answer 1

Yes they do.

Bu then the media present a distorted image of everything they touch. Everything King Midas touched turned to gold, everything the media touches turns to image.

Image is not truth. Have you ever been to an event that was reported in the papers? You know your impression of that event, and your highlights, was quite different from what you read about afterwards. Image is illusion is image, that's their job - image-making.

Answer 2

First of all, Psychology is a very diverse field. The media seems to only present images of clinical or counseling psychology, for the most part. (A couple of times I've heard a social psychologist on a radio show, but it wasn't very often, and it wasn't a mainstream show.)

Within the images of clinical or counseling psychology, they don't stay true to the profession... They promote "pop" psychology.