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Press coverage of psychology in the Rocky Mountains: 1885–1956
Author(s) -
Benjamin Ludy T.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(198801)24:1<98::aid-jhbs2300240120>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - newspaper , context (archaeology) , psychology , geography , history , media studies , social science , sociology , archaeology
Psychology in the Rocky Mountain region as portrayed in its newspapers is examined in two brief case studies. The first study looks at the prevalence of clairvoyants and other pseudopsychologists at the beginning of the twentieth century, whereas the second describes the lack of interest by newspapers in the first twenty‐five years of meetings of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. These items are treated in the context of the psychologists' concern with their public image.