Okay, as someone who wrote this (https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-Industry-Pessimists-Transforming-Marketplace/dp/0190264608 …), let's talk about the many things going on in this tweet. 1/x https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1078873376565878784 …
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So, first, let's get this out of the way: when
@McFaul says "real, tenured professors," I infer he's contrasting that category with individuals who have an academic affiliation but are being booked because they hold a position that is easily caricatured or mocked. 2/x3 replies 4 retweets 43 likesShow this thread -
So within the category of full-time academics, is it true that some senior profs choose to abstain from television? You betcha. In some cases it is due to a belief that it is demeaning. But I'd bet that's a small fraction of what's going on. 3/x.
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In some cases, it's fear. In other cases, academics who would love to be on television but have not been asked. And in some other cases, they've been asked, they've done it, and it went badly. 4/x
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The potential downsides are massive. First, it's a time suck. Depending on where you are and where the studio is, a five-minute media hit can take a couple of hours. 5/x
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Second, there is no pay. Third, there is always the possibility that your segment will be overtaken by events. It's nothing personal, but you have to have a thick skin. 6/x
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Oh, and finally, there is the possibility that you will say something off-key, or does not age well, or pisses off a colleague or administrator or alum. 7/x
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Also those risks are not equally distributed across race/gender and institutional prestige.
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