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Adoption Community Responds to Skewed Media Coverage

Adoption Community Responds to Skewed Media Coverage MEDIA REVIEWS This column will look at coverage of adoption in the general interest print and electronic media as well as the professional media. On an annual basis, it will include a survey of media coverage to monitor the scope and the overall tone of this cov- erage. Readers are invited to submit articles or tapes for review. All submissions should be sent to the editor of this column. Address correspondence to: Carol Olwert Reese, 2 Hudson Drive, New Fairfield, CT 06812-3801. Adoption Community Responds to Skewed Media Coverage Kathryn Creedy Susan Saidman Dramatic treatment of adoption in the media continues to range from the sensational to the ridiculous as exemplified by two programs which used adoption as a theme to launch their 1998-99 seasons and Kathryn Creedy and Susan Saidman are on the Executive Committee of Celebrate Adoption, Inc., whose mission is to advance a more positive image of adoption through education and advocacy. Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 3(2) 1999 E 1999 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 103 ADOPTION QUARTERLY advance their ratings. Both the drama Law & Order and the sitcom Dharma & Greg presented extremely skewed images of adoption. Indeed, the writers must have http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Adoption Community Responds to Skewed Media Coverage

Creedy, Kathryn; Saidman, Susan
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 3 (2): 5 – Dec 1, 1999
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Adoption Community Responds to Skewed Media Coverage

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MEDIA REVIEWS This column will look at coverage of adoption in the general interest print and electronic media as well as the professional media. On an annual basis, it will include a survey of media coverage to monitor the scope and the overall tone of this cov- erage. Readers are invited to submit articles or tapes for review. All submissions should be sent to the editor of this column. Address correspondence to: Carol Olwert Reese, 2 Hudson Drive, New Fairfield, CT 06812-3801. Adoption...
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MEDIA REVIEWS This column will look at coverage of adoption in the general interest print and electronic media as well as the professional media. On an annual basis, it will include a survey of media coverage to monitor the scope and the overall tone of this cov- erage. Readers are invited to submit articles or tapes for review. All submissions should be sent to the editor of this column. Address correspondence to: Carol Olwert Reese, 2 Hudson Drive, New Fairfield, CT 06812-3801. Adoption Community Responds to Skewed Media Coverage Kathryn Creedy Susan Saidman Dramatic treatment of adoption in the media continues to range from the sensational to the ridiculous as exemplified by two programs which used adoption as a theme to launch their 1998-99 seasons and Kathryn Creedy and Susan Saidman are on the Executive Committee of Celebrate Adoption, Inc., whose mission is to advance a more positive image of adoption through education and advocacy. Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 3(2) 1999 E 1999 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 103 ADOPTION QUARTERLY advance their ratings. Both the drama Law & Order and the sitcom Dharma & Greg presented extremely skewed images of adoption. Indeed, the writers must have

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Adoption Quarterly – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 1999

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