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CAMPUS NEWS
ARE PEOPLE WHO THEY “POST” TO BE?
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ome say lying is rampant in the digital world—in texts, posts and tweets, email, and video chats. Not true, says David Markowitz, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication who studies computer-mediated communication. Last summer, he recorded a week’s worth of interactions of 250 people, including face-to-face and through social media, phone, text, video chat, and email. The results, he says, echoed those from a 2004 study, well before the spread of the new technologies: people tend to lie when the give-and-take is fast and fluid or isn’t recorded, and when distance separates the parties—phone calls, for example. Markowitz found few differences in lying rates across the new technologies. The bigger factor was one’s tendency to lie. But the real surprise? There was a low rate of lying across the board. “Most people were honest. That’s consistent with theories that suggest most people are honest most of the time and there are only a few prolific liars in a population,” Markowitz says. “The belief that lying is rampant in the digital age just doesn’t match the data.”
HAPPY 150TH, YELLOWSTONE
THE CAT’S MEOW
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eet some of the world’s most charismatic—and endangered— animals in Photo Ark, a National Geographic exhibit at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History. The exhibit features portraits from photographer Joel Sartore, who is inspiring conservation efforts by documenting 20,000 species living in the world’s zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, including this federally endangered Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi , at ZooTampa at Lowry Park.
Visit oregonquarterly.page.link/yellowstone
Visit natgeophotoark.org for information about the project, and mnch.uoregon.edu/visit
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for museum hours. The exhibit is on view at the museum through May 29.
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ans of Yellowstone National Park—the first national park in the US—celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding March 1. Those fans include University of Oregon geography experts who, concurrent with the park’s big birthday, have published their second edition of the Atlas of Yellowstone. The book is filled with more than 1,000 maps, photographs, and personal essays that tell the story of Yellowstone in terms of park management, conservation, and American culture. It’s the work of a team that includes Andrew Marcus, senior editor; James Meacham, cartographic editor; Alethea Steingisser, cartographic production; and Justin Menke, graduate researcher and cartographer, all affiliated with the Department of Geography. The second edition introduces issues such as who visits national parks, as well as stories and data that represent and include indigenous populations throughout the book. The team worked with 130 experts to piece together the diverse subjects and stories surrounding Yellowstone.
