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A note from...
Nick Lehr
Arts + Culture Editor
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When I first saw the image of the father and daughter who drowned at the U.S.-Mexico border, it immediately reminded me of the iconic image, from 2015, of a dead three-year-old Syrian refugee on a Turkish beach. Then I thought of the research conducted by University of Oregon psychologist Paul Slovic and journalism professor Nicole Smith Dahmen. The duo have spent years studying the ability of graphic photographs to stir people from complacency to action – but, they write, the window of caring is smaller than you’d think.
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The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico.
AP Photo/Julia Le Duc
Nicole Smith Dahmen, University of Oregon; Paul Slovic, University of Oregon
A photo of a drowned father and his 23-month-old daughter at the US-Mexico border has prompted horror and outrage on social media. Can it spur aid for migrants?
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Allen Morrison, Arizona State University; Stewart Black, INSEAD
The stakes are high for the G-20 meeting between Presidents Xi and Trump. But even if a major deal were reached, US companies would still have a very hard time doing business in China.
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Megan M. Carpenter, University of New Hampshire
The high court struck down a ban on trademarking 'immoral' or 'scandalous' words and symbols. A trademark scholar explains why that's a good thing.
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Mona Kasra, University of Virginia
People fall for fake photos regardless of whether they seem to come from Facebook or The New York Times. What actually helps?
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Anne R. Crecelius, University of Dayton
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David Cortright, University of Notre Dame
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