Philip Meyer Papers, 1960s-2000s

Collection Number: 5567

Collection Title: Philip Meyer Papers, 1960s-2000s

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Size	27 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7500 items)
Abstract	The papers of Philip Meyer, professor emeritus in the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, are his professional files, which document his career in journalism from the 1960s through the early 2000s and his groundbreaking work in the use of data analysis in news reporting. Files contain correspondence, speeches and lectures, teaching materials, publications by Meyers and others, interview transcripts, draft writings, surveys and public opinion polls, and subject and research files. Topics of interest in the files include the Detroit Riots (July 1967), African Americans in Miami, Fla., race relations and reporting on race, fair housing, the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and discrimination against individuals with HIV, election fraud, the 2001 presidential election, bias in pre-election polls, credibility of the press, big data in journalism, and specific newspapers especially . Professional organizations represented in the files include American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR). Teaching materials contain survey instruments on drunk driving and date rape. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.
Creator	Meyer, Philip.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Philip Meyer Papers #5567, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

This summary description was created in October 2017 to provide information about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.

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