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11. Science, Ideology, and the Media : Cyril Burt Scandal

Author

Ronald Fletcher and Ronald Fletcher

Subjects
Psychologists--England, Science news--Case studies, Fraud in science--England--Case studies, Mass media--Influence--Case studies
Abstract

In 1976, five years after his death, serious charges were leveled against the distinguished British scientist Sir Cyril Burt. His research on the nature of intelligence was challenged as fraudulent by a number of respected commentators, among them Leon Kamin, Oliver Gillie, Ann and Alan Clarke, and Leslie Hearnshaw. The evidence they marshaled, and the charges themselves are examined here in scrupulous detail. Written as a straightforward defense of Burt, this volume also tells a second story: the intrusion of the mass media into science, the power of the new media, and the success of this invasion, which threatens to replace intellectual authority.Convinced that a great injustice had been done, Fletcher examines each of the charges in detail, subjecting each of Burt's detractors to a symbolic cross-examination. He exposes carelessness and errors of interpretation, and reveals areas of evidence the critics failed to take into account. Each interrogation ends with a list of questions that call for clear public answer. Fletcher's closing argument calls for the restoration of Burt's reputation, so that justice is done.The broader significance of this case study goes far beyond the Burt controversy itself, and has implications for the conduct of science in an increasingly contentious social environment. Fletcher describes how ideology, in alliance with a receptive popular journalism and the media, is able to establish itself as a powerful third force in scientific discourse. The Burt Affair demonstrates what happens when the media establish a viewpoint that permeates not only the scientific community, but also entrenches that perspective so thoroughly in public understanding that its assumptions are not even questioned.

Published
2017

25. Hearth and home

Author

Ronald Fletcher

Subjects
Sociology and Political Science, Hearth, Political science, Economic history, General Social Sciences
Published
1993
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26. Intelligence, equality, character, and education

Author

Ronald Fletcher

Subjects
media_common.quotation_subject, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognition, medicine.disease_cause, Nature versus nurture, Developmental psychology, Epistemology, Educational research, Character (mathematics), Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Heredity, Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Inheritance, Psychology, media_common
Published
1991
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28. Books in review

Author

Ronald Fletcher, Michael S. Kimmel, Joseph R. Gusfield, Mark S. Kaplan, and Marion S. Goldman

Subjects
Sociology and Political Science, General Social Sciences
Published
1990
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31. VP-16–213 salvage therapy for refractory germinal neoplasms

Author

Ronald Fletcher, Robert Oldham, Stephen D. Williams, Lawrence H. Einhorn, and F. Anthony Greco

Subjects
Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Chemotherapy, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Disease free, Salvage therapy, Bleomycin, Resection, Surgery, chemistry.chemical_compound, Oncology, chemistry, Refractory, Toxicity, Medicine, business, Severe toxicity
Abstract

Thirty-three patients with advanced refractory germinal neoplasms were treated with VP-16-213 alone or in combination with cis-platinum, bleomycin, and frequently Adriamycin. All had prior chemotherapy, which in most was extensive. There were 14 complete and 15 partial remissions. Five of the patients with partial remission were rendered disease free by resection of residual tumor. Eleven remain disease free from 6+--23+ months. Toxicity was considerable. One-third were hospitalized for fever and granulocytopenia and four had life-threatening thrombocytopenia. There was one drug-related death. VP-16 is an active drug in germinal neoplasms. It appears to be an important component of "salvage" regimens for refractory patients, but severe toxicity may ensue.

Published
1980
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32. Book Reviews: The New Racism: Conservatives and the Ideology of the Tribe, The Calling of Sociology and other Essays on the Pursuit of Learning, Sociological Journeys, Essays 1960–1980, Prosecution in the Public Interest, Courts, Prosecution and Conviction, Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom, Conviction: Law, the State and the Construction of Justice, Is There a Future for Marxism?, Marxism and the Modern State, Lost Managers: Supervisors in Industry and Society, The Foundations of Structuralism: A Critique of Levi-Strauss and the Structuralist Movement, Leisure in the Industrial Revolution (c. 1780–c. 1880), Popular Culture: But and Present, Liturgies and Trials: The Secularization of Religious Language, Urban Political Economy and Social Theory: Critical Essays in Urban Studies, Positivism and Sociology: Explaining Social Life, Family Time and Industrial Time, Beyond Welfare Capitalism, Middle Class African Marriage, Tragic Drama and Modern Society, The State, Industrialisation and Class Formations in India: A Neo-Marxist Perspective on Colonialism, Underdevelopment and Development

Author

Roger Trigg, Ronald Fletcher, Pat Carlen, John Solomos, Joseph Melling, Stan Parker, David Lyon, K. Newton, C. Dandeker, Paul Blyton, Peter Squires, T. Scarlett Epstein, Elizabeth Bird, and Rohin Barot

Subjects
Sociology and Political Science
Published
1983
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35. Functionalism as a Social Theory

Author

Ronald Fletcher

Subjects
Structural functionalism, Sociology and Political Science, Functionalism (philosophy of mind), Grand theory, Sociology, Conflict theories, Epistemology, Social theory
Published
1956
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36. Book Reviews: Charles Booth on the City: Physical Pattern and Social Structure, Methodology in Social Research, The Social Meanings of Suicide, Working Class Community: Some General Notions Raised by a Series of Studies in Northern England, Rôle Theory: Concepts and Research, The Enterprise in Transition: An Analysis of European and American Practice, Social Class, Language and Education, Family and Community in Ireland, Autonomous Group Functioning: An Exploration in Behaviour Theory and Measurement, The Sexual Context of Premarital Sexual Permissiveness, Social Interaction: Process and Products, The Sociology of the School, The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research, Influences on Parent Behaviour, Mobility of Farm Families: A Study of Occupational and Residential Mobility in an Upload Area of England, Scientific Sociology: Theory and Method, The Emergent American Society Vol. 1, Large-Scale Organizations, Vulnerable Children, Three Studies of Children in Conflict: Accident Involved Children, Sexually Assaulted Children and Children with Asthma, Power, Politics and People: The Collected Essays of C. Wright Mills, Military Organisation and Society, The Family in Social Context, The Social Context of the School

Author

T. S. Simey, Anthony P. M. Coxon, Maxwell Atkinson, J. A. Banks, Alan Dawe, W. Baldamus, Eric Hoyle, R. E. Pahl, Stuart Riley, Michael Schofield, Michael Argyle, Frank Musgrove, A. R. Emerson, Sheila Mitchell, G. P. Hirsch, P. M. Abell, Richard Brown, Geoffrey M. Stephenson, David Martin, M. D. King, Ronald Fletcher, and Elizabeth Richardson

Subjects
Sociology and Political Science
Published
1968
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38. Wind Ensemble on tour, 1983

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Ball State University. Wind Ensemble; McConnell, Roger; Rhynard, Donald C.; Robbins, David; Small, Ronald; Fletcher, Douglas, Ball State University. School of Music, Ball State University. Wind Ensemble; McConnell, Roger; Rhynard, Donald C.; Robbins, David; Small, Ronald; Fletcher, Douglas, and Ball State University. School of Music

Abstract

Soloists: Donald Rhynard, alto saxophone, David Robbins, marimba, Ronald Small, trumpet, Douglas Fletcher, trombone.; Includes a list of the personnel of the Wind Ensemble.; Includes a list of the officers and staff of the University Bands.; Includes general information about the Ball State University Bands.; Includes a list of the BSU School of Music's wind and percussion applied faculty., Series XXXVII, Number 92., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Published
1983

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