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November 11, 2016

Friday News: Reading & empathy, Books on the Underground, every literary plot, and typewriters

JanetPublishing NewsBooks on the Subway / Books on the Underground / Emma Watson / empathy / literary plots / Maya Angelou / research / Typewriters2 Comments

Empathy by the Book: How Fiction Affects Behavior – According to studies by University of Toronto researchers, books can inspire feelings of empathy in their readers, but the response depends on the type of genre and story. Interestingly, Romance novels are not on the empathy-producing genres, but literary fiction is, perhaps because ... more >

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November 2, 2016

Wednesday News: Facebook=life extender; Amelia Earhart’s bones (maybe), research PTSD, and recommend one book

JanetPublishing NewsAmelia Earhart / Facebook / Patricia Cornwell / PTSD / recommendations / research9 Comments

Facebook users live longer, study finds – Despite the way this study is being described in headlines, it’s not so much that Facebook extends your life expectancy – it’s that using Facebook to enhance sociability extends life. In other words, it’s Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone for the online world: A new study ... more >

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August 31, 2016

Wednesday News: On words and pictures

JanetPublishing Newsdogs / evolution / Internet trends / language / research / speech / visual communication7 Comments

Tom Wolfe challenges society’s understanding of evolution in latest book – So Tom Wolfe is now arguing that Darwin’s theory of evolution is a “myth.” It’s actually unclear from this brief interview with Wolfe what he really means by that, because I’m not sure that evolution as Darwin conceptualized it and ... more >

August 4, 2016

Thursday News: Trolls, reading & life expectancy, scandal slams book sales, and Cursed is selling (out) fast

JanetPublishing Newsbook-sales / Harry-Potter / life expectancy / reading / research / Scandal / trolling4 Comments

Study: Trolls Are Even Worse When Using Real Names – A new study published in PLOS ONE claims a counterintuitive conclusion: trolls outside the cloak of anonymity can actually be more aggressive. According to the abstract, this “effect is reinforced if selective incentives are present and if aggressors are intrinsically motivated.” ... more >

May 31, 2016

Tuesday News: digital publishing, Star Wars competition, writing research, and Memorial Day v. Veterans Day

JanetPublishing Newsdigital publishing / Disney / Harlequin / Memorial Day / research / Star Wars / US history / Veterans Day9 Comments

Confessions of a newspaper publishing exec: ‘We’ve screwed up by pursuing scale’ – I think almost every Q&A from this interview could begin with “Dear Twitter,” because the platform has become so twisted by the pursuit of NEW USERS and MORE CLICKS. For the sake of NEW USERS and MORE CLICKS. ... more >

February 12, 2016

Friday News: Dallas Buyers Club, Marvel Comics, Danielle Steel, and more on kissing

JanetPublishing NewsAustralia / author interview / Dallas Buyers Club / Daniel Steel / diversity / Guardians of Infinity / Marvel Comics / piracy / research / Taíno / Taíno cultureComments Off on Friday News: Dallas Buyers Club, Marvel Comics, Danielle Steel, and more on kissing

Dallas Buyers Club abandons piracy court case – So once an Australian judge blocked the Dallas Buyers Club from pursuing major bucks from alleged infringers, the DBC announced that “it has better things to do for now,” thereby ending the case. If you’ve been following this case, you know that there ... more >

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