Media Journal

There are 22 posts filed in Media Journal (this is page 2 of 3).

Media Journal (February 25)

What is the Genius annotator? [Politico]

Studies of conversation both in the laboratory and in natural settings show that when two people are talking, the mere presence of a phone on a table between them or in the periphery of their vision changes both what they talk about and the degree of connection they feel. People keep the conversation on topics where they won’t mind being interrupted. They don’t feel as invested in each other. Even a silent phone disconnects us. [NYT]

Media Journal (February 23)

Hillary, Bernie, Donald and Me. And it’s probably not what you think. [Desiring God]

One glimpse of the structural unfairness in America is this: A dumb rich kid is now more likely to graduate from college than a smart poor kid, according to Robert Putnam of Harvard University. [NYT]

Because you don’t want her to hear it from someone else first. If we leave the soil of our daughters’ self-worth unwatered by our unconditional admiration, we send them into a world happy to satisfy that parched ground with conditional praise. [TGC]