Evaluation of General Sources

After quite a few Google searches went nowhere, I decided to pick a topic that I know is currently controversial in the field of psychology. From a search for "censoring trigger topics in college", I found two reliable sources.

Source 1

URL: My first source is The Atlantic, which is a .com source. The Atlantic is a magazine that focuses on literary and cultural topics. It is considered to be a high-quality, reliable source. The article I chose is titled, "The Coddling of the American Mind". 

Author: The article has two authors: Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Both authors are easy to find on Twitter and Wikipedia. 

Lukianoff is the CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, so he obviously has first hand experience with education. His twitter page connects to an amazon page where readers can buy his book, "Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of the American Debate". 

Haidt is a social psychologist and professor of business ethics at NYU's Sturn School of Business. A list of books that he has written includes, "The Righteous Mind" and "The Happiness Hypothesis". 

Last Update: This article is published as part of the September 2015 edition of The Atlantic, so I'd say that this article is as current and applicable as it possible could be.  

Purpose: This article's intention is mostly to inform readers. While there is a bias, it is not so overwhelming that it doesn't consider the merits of the other side of the argument. 

Graphics: There are excerpts have been pulled from the article in larger font and pictures scattered through the article. The purpose of these is just to break up the monotony of the text. 

Position on the Subject: The article is against the censorship of "trigger topics" in colleges. However, it presents both sides, so the bias is not blatant. Because the magazine focuses a lot on topics relating to education, they want to inform their readers of this controversy, but aren't necessarily out to persuade them one way or another. 

Links: All of the links in the article send readers to other Atlantic articles by different authors about similar topics. 

Photo by Hunter, Mark. "Focus" taken 4/22/10 via Flickr. Attribution 2.0 Generic License.

Source 2

URL: My second article, titled "In College and Hiding from Scary Ideas",  is from the New York Times, one of the most reliable sources for information in a general internet search. 

Author: Judith Shelvitz is a journalist who focuses on cultural critiques and criticisms. She is an op-ed writer for the Times, and is easy to find on Twitter, Wikipedia, and Facebook. She has also written for New York Magazine, The New Yorker, and The New Republic. 

Last Updated: This article was posted on March 21, 2015 and, as far as I can tell, has not been updated. 

Purpose: "In College" serves to inform its readers of this ongoing debate. Again, the bias is not glaringly evident on first reading, so it's main purpose isn't to persuade. 

Graphics: There are only two graphics in this article, and both are just to break up the physical structure of the article. They are relevant enough not to be distracting, but aren't essential to comprehending the information. 

Position on the Subject: This article isn't strongly biased in either direction. Instead, the author provides quotes from both sides. As evidenced by the title, this author is against restricting certain topics in a college setting, but she considers both sides's arguments to be valuable. 

Links: The links in this article send readers to a variety of outside sources. They all relate to the topic at hand or lead readers to more resources. She even links in articles that oppose her opinion, such as this one from Slate.com.