{"id":7642,"date":"2026-03-17T09:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=7642"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:15:42","slug":"tsp-tuesdays-march-17th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2026\/03\/17\/tsp-tuesdays-march-17th-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP Tuesdays | March 17th, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2026\/03\/photo-collage.png-3.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2026\/03\/photo-collage.png-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2026\/03\/photo-collage.png-3.png 1080w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2026\/03\/photo-collage.png-3-330x330.png 330w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2026\/03\/photo-collage.png-3-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2026\/03\/photo-collage.png-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2026\/03\/photo-collage.png-3-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New &amp; Noteworthy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why are serial killer stories so popular? In <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2026\/03\/04\/how-media-looping-keeps-serial-killers-alive-and-victims-buried\/\">How &#8220;Media Looping\u201d Keeps Serial Killers Alive and Victims Buried<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/wald0268\">Jordyn Wald<\/a> explains how media industries reproduce and sensationalize stories of violence. <em>{2 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2026\/03\/09\/clippings-march-9th-2026-tsp-media-report\/\">Media Report<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/davi4273\">Jan-Rose Davis<\/a> for recent news featuring social science experts. Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashleymears.com\/\">Ashley Mears<\/a> on men&#8217;s exploitation of women and girls in elite circles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abertay.ac.uk\/staff-search\/professor-alex-law\/\">Alex Law<\/a> on social and cultural change in Scotland, <a href=\"https:\/\/ugm.ac.id\/en\/news\/ugm-vice-rector-dr-arie-sujito-leads-indonesian-sociological-association\/\">Arie Sujito<\/a> on the state of democracy in Indonesia and the impacts of digital technology, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pepperschwartz.com\/about\">Pepper Schwartz<\/a> on the growing popularity of choosing domestic partnerships instead of marriage. <em>{3 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the Archives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.en-hrana.org\/day-17-of-the-u-s-israeli-war-on-iran-increase-in-civilian-casualties\/\">Human Rights Activists News Agency<\/a> has reported more than 1,351 civilian deaths in Iran since President Trump first launched \u201cOperation Epic Fury\u201d. An opening wave of strikes demolished Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School, an elementary school in southern Iran, killing more than 100 children. <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2018\/12\/04\/distant-war-and-selective-empathy\/\">This TROT<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squirepattonboggs.com\/our-people\/brooke-chambers\/\">Brooke Chambers<\/a> about selective empathy can help us conceptualize how the American public might respond to this devastation abroad. <em>{3 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The primary elections for the 2026 midterms have begun amid heightened political tensions around redistricting and voting protections. <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2018\/11\/05\/midterm-voting-a-research-roundup\/https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2018\/11\/05\/midterm-voting-a-research-roundup\/\">This 2018 piece<\/a> from Sociological Images covers research explaining how gerrymandering and voter suppression policies impact voter turnout. <em>{2 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More from our Partners &amp; Community Pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/engagingsports\"><strong>Engaging Sports<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towson.edu\/chp\/departments\/kinesiology\/facultystaff\/sclevenger.html\">Samuel M. Clevenger<\/a> wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/engagingsports\/2026\/03\/05\/outdoor-recreation-and-the-contested-meaning-of-preserved-space\/\">an article<\/a> on the contested meanings and politics of outdoor recreation and nature preservations. <em>{5 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/\"><strong>Council on Contemporary Families<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CCF reprinted <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2026\/03\/10\/older-u-s-adults-who-started-exercising-after-a-fall-were-less-likely-to-experience-another-fall-in-the-following-two-years\/\">research<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/prc\/\">Texas Population Research Center<\/a> on the impacts of exercise on elderly Americans\u2019 risks of falling. <em>{7 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/firstpublics\"><strong>First Publics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlv.edu\/people\/marta-soligo\">Marta Soligo<\/a> wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/firstpublics\/2026\/03\/12\/teaching-tourism-through-community-voices\/\">an article<\/a> about her experiences integrating a public sociology approach into her teaching of a Sociology of Tourism class to encourage critical thought and constructive dialogue. <em>{4 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New &amp; 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