Topic
Public Perception
36 published works
Professional Liability Advocate
Living With the Stigma of Being a Lawyer
Surely it is not breaking news that the Gallup poll shows only 19 percent of respondents find lawyers to be very honest or ethical. In 1976, only 25 percent of…
Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Blog
Germany Publishes Results of Research Project on the Perception of Nanotechnology
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) announced on November 27, 2013, that it completed NanoView, a research project on the perception of nanotechnology by the German population and media. Under…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Sad: Lawyers contribute the least to society–Pew Survey
Americans were asked to rate 10 professions on their contributions to society. Lawyers were dead last. This from a Pew Research Center survey shared by Kent Hoover (@SmallBizOnHill), Washington Bureau…
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Americans’ Perception of Lawyers, both Good and Bad, Largely Shaped by the Times—Bill Chriss
At the 2013 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Gravely & Pearson lawyer Bill Chriss will be speaking on the perception Americans have of lawyers—why it was good in the…
Media Law Prof Blog
What People Think About IP
Gregory N. Mandel, Temple University School of Law, has published The Public Psychology of Intellectual Property. Here is the abstract.Though the success of intellectual property law depends upon its ability…
The IP Law Blog
“The Role of Digital Media in Influencing Public Perception and Behavior” Panel Discussion
Join us March 26! Weintraub Tobin and the LAVA Digital Media Group will host a panel discussion: "The Role of Digital Media in Influencing Public Perception and Behavior" on Tuesday,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Public Perception and the Law in Arizona v. United States
I wrote a column for Jurist about Arizona v. United States. Last Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case. which challenges the constitutionality of the controversial…
Food Safety News
Fast Food Companies Abandon Ammoniated Beef
Ammoniated beef has taken a real beating in the media over the past couple years, and now fast-food giants McDonald's, Taco Bell and Burger King are no longer using it.…
The Right Coast
Why You Don’t Care About the Deaths of Millions of People
As David Ropeik points out in an article for Psychology Today, we have a statistical numbness that urges us to care more about the problems of an individual than the…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
New Study Confirms that “Head Injury” Viewed by Public as Being Less Serious Than “Traumatic Brain Injury”
A number of years ago, the Brain Injury Association of America retained the Gallop Group to conduct a poll to gather information regarding the public's awareness of traumatic brain injury.…