articles of interest - Dec 5
/***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
How eSports are pioneering new media models Digiday
***TECHNOLOGY
I Swear to God This Is a Real Graph From Thomas Friedman's Latest Book Gizmodo
Netflix will let you download video to go, but not movies and shows from Disney Recode
Radio, Music and Technology: It’s Been a Long Strange Trip A Journey of Musical Things
***SOCIAL MEDIA
While We Weren’t Looking, Snapchat Revolutionized Social Networks NYTimes
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Forgotten audio formats: Wire recording Ars Technica
***BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Can Advertising Be a Science? Jstor
Digital publications are thriving in Europe where legacy media is weak Poynter
***BIG DATA
How Machine Learning may transform medicine: A Google algorithm can see a common eye disease as good as many experts Technology Review
Data firm in talks for role in White House messaging – and Trump business The Guardian
The promise/challenge of healthcare Big Data: drug discovery/getting the right treatments to the right patients Harvard Business Review
China turns Big Data into Big Brother: Wants to assign scores for eligibility on everything from loans to education Technology Review
The failure to ID fake news may not be the result of faulty machine learning algorithms Data Science Central
***LANGUAGE
You tell me that it’s evolution? Scientists have reached no consensus on the origins of language Economist
***LITERATURE
A Virginia School District Has Banned "To Kill a Mockingbird" Esquire
The 10 Best Books of 2016 - The New York Times
My Passion for Literature Succumbed to Reality New York Times
***RESEARCH
Why research papers have so many authors Economist
Ten simple rules for structuring papers bioRxiv
Detecting and avoiding likely false-positive findings – a practical guide Wiley Online Library
***WRITING& READING
How To Find A Writing Group, Because Every Aspiring Author Needs A Support Group Bustle
The Death of Cursive Writing Chronicle of Higher Ed
***RACE
New book argues that sometimes faculty members of color going up for tenure are judged by a higher standard than are their white peers Inside Higher Ed
Here’s a Rundown of the Latest Campus-Climate Incidents Since Trump’s Election Chronicle of Higher Ed
Rosa Parks and the Power of Oneness Jstor
The non-verdict of the police officer who killed Walter Scott is a national embarrassment (opinion) Vox
***FREE SPEECH
Trump takes aim at First Amendment CNN
An FBI Error Opens A Window Into Government Demands For Private Info FiveThirtyEight
Free-Speech Groups Describe Campus Media as Besieged Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
Online law degrees flourish under tight supervision: Hybrid courses offer face-to-face and internet-enabled classes Financial Times
Photographer Sues VICE for Unauthorized Use of Expectant Couple PDN Pulse
Art Bell and Michael Savage, radio hosts, at opposite ends of federal defamation suit Washington Times
Lawyer sues 20-year-old student who gave a bad Yelp review, loses badly Ars Technica
U.S. top court takes Christian-affiliated hospital pension case Religion News Service
Intellectual Property Problems at Universities: The public at large suffers when institutions spend time and money locking down too many private rights Inside Higher Ed
Court punts Kansas social-media expulsion case: Where does a public university's authority to regulate what students say on social media during off-campus personal time begin and end? Student Press Law Center
CBS Sues YouTuber for Posting Episodes of 'The Andy Griffith Show' Hollywood Reporter
Duran Duran Loses Case, Brought In Britain, Over American Copyrights Billboard
***FILM
14 of the best films of the 21st century, ranked by historical accuracy Quartz
***RELIGION
The Evangelicalism of Old White Men Is Dead (opinion by Tony Campolo) New York Times
Amy Grant Reveals Why She Doesn't Want to Be Labeled a 'Christian' Artist Gospel Herald
Christian Refugees Fleeing ISIS Grounds Flock To Parish Of Jordan Priest NPR
Amy Grant lives her life by two rules: Love God and love everybody else no matter what Fox News
I Think I Lost My Faith. How Do I Get Out Of My Office Bible Study? FiveThirtyEight
U.S. top court takes Christian-affiliated hospital pension case Religion News Service
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious beliefs and practices Pew Research
2016 Philanthropy Trends: Americans Donate Record $373 Billion NPR
Georgia Baptists urge crackdown on illegal immigration Baptist News
***MUSIC
How One Composer Turns Science Into Serious Drama Wired
***JOURNALISM
The failure to ID fake news may not be the result of faulty Machine Learning Algorithms Data Science Central
Protecting Journalism from Donald Trump The New Yorker
Journalists in the age of Trump: Lose the smugness, keep the mission Washington Post
Washington Post Editor Marty Baron Has a Message to Journalists in the Trump Era Vanity Fair
How to engage readers with digital longform journalism American Press Institute
***INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
How The San Francisco Chronicle rebuilt its investigative team Poynter
Investigative journalism is hard work. Spotlight shows why it's so important Vox
Ida Tarbell: A pioneer in document-driven investigative journalism iNewsSource
***FAKE NEWS
Fake news almost destroyed Abraham Lincoln Quartz
To Fix Fake News, Look To Yellow Journalism Jstor
A Browser Extension That Shows You Your Filter Bubble New York Magazine
Fake news crackdown threatens religious news Religion News Service
Why Snapchat And Apple Don't Have A Fake News Problem BuzzFeed News
Four Hard Truths about Fake News Jstor
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Activists Think the FCC's Broadcast Spectrum Auction Could Save Local Journalism Vice
Politico co-founder’s new media startup is eyeing $10,000 subscriptions — eventually Recode
Voice of San Diego is spearheading a team to help other smaller news outlets build membership programs Harvard's Nieman Lab
***STUDENT MEDIA
Standoff between student newspaper and Sac State may leave Hornet homeless Sacramento Bee
Media organizations release report revealing threats to student journalism Daily Cal
Who Still Lives at Home with Their Parents? Priceonomics
***STUDENT LIFE
The Trump Bros Have Found Their Safe Space (white male college students who supported Donald J. Trump) BuzzFeed News
***SCIENCE
Flossing and the Art of Scientific Investigation New York Times
***HEALTH
Artificial Intelligence Could Dig Up Cures Buried Online Wired
The promise/challenge of healthcare Big Data: drug discovery/getting the right treatments to the right patients Harvard Business Review
The true story of America’s sky-high prescription drug prices Vox
Diabetics are hacking their health, because traditional systems have failed them Tech Republic
***NEUROSCIENCE
What your brain looks like on God: spiritual experience triggers same areas as sex and gambling Telegraph
***ETHICS
Want to Be an Ethical Shopper? Get DoneGood’s Chrome Extension Wired
***PERSONAL GROWTH
We are actors in a play Becoming (my blog)
***HIGHER ED
University hit by Ransomware: Network crippled by extortion software The Register
Liberty issues tone-deaf statement after hiring new athletic director USA Today
Christian University offers internships with Planned Parenthood Star Telegram
Can a Christian school be both ethical and athletic? Liberty raises the question again Washington Post
University student gets a zero because her art project violated dress code BongBong
Catholic college leaders pledge solidarity with undocumented students Washington Post
***TEACHING
Resisting the Post-Thanksgiving Doldrums Chronicle of Higher Ed
***CRIME ON CAMPUS
Campus police reflect on dangers of the job Inside Higher Ed
Student suspect arrested in fatal stabbing of USC professor on campus LA Times
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
UVA dean Nicole Eramo "vindicated" but not "healed" after Rolling Stone story CBS News