Who Are These Professor Pundits?

Abstract

This chapter brings academics into the consideration by discussing results from a national survey of professors asking about their relative frequency and type of media appearances. The results show that most academics are relatively infrequent media contributors, but that, over time, many garner a substantial degree of experience doing this work. At the same time, academics find a general sense of satisfaction in their media appearances, even if certain aspects of the work raise stress levels (especially in television interviews).