Pulicity

[James Sacks]

Now one of our energetic, highly motivated members with plenty of 
chutzpah (social courage verging on audacity) ought to contact Clive 
Thompson, the author of this article in the Times, and try to trace 
back the social route through which he heard of Moreno applying the 
method being described to itself. Did Thompson just see Moreno's name 
in a book (if so what book) or did he know somebody who knew somebody 
who knew somebody who went to a psychodrama demonstration once. How 
may links are involved? Will the research reach a dead end because 
the subjects will be reluctant to name their contacts? If this 
happens the person being asked  might agree to contact their source 
and ask for it's alright to give their name for his little research 
project. It might be done in person, by phone, by postal mail or by 
email. Whoever does this, if anyone does, ought to have a copy of the 
article and an affiliation or other identification so it is clear 
that they are not some crank. I suspect that Mr. Thompson might be 
willing to cooperate because of the positive tone to this kind of 
research in his article.

It is obvious that this is not real sociometry but it be a way to 
gain some attention if the results are interesting. Then we can see 
what real sociometry might reveal.
Jim Sacks