Articles of Interest - May 16
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***SOCIAL MEDIA
Social Network Algorithms Are Distorting Reality By Boosting Conspiracy Theories (Talk of Facebook's anticonservative stance is in the news, but the issue of what news social networks choose to show us is much broader than that) Fast Company
Periscope makes broadcasts permanent by default and introduces search The Verge
Do aspiring YouTube stars need to pack up and move to L.A.? Daily Dot
Suicide on Periscope in France is the latest in live-streamed horrors Washington Post
Facebook's news saga reminds us humans are biased by design The Guardian
The history of social networking Digital Trends
Snapchat wants you to be able to take selfies in voting booths Daily Dot
Social Media, Smartphones And Long-Form Journalism: What's Up With Facebook? Forbes
The Slack generation: How workplace messaging could replace other missives The Economist
Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Character Limit Bloomberg
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How Readers Engage with Long-Form Content on Mobile Devices PBS MediaShift
14 free image resources for content marketers PR Daily
Things I Learned About Shooting 360 Videos PBS MediaShift
For the first time, mobile gaming will make more money than traditional videogames Quartz
***TECHNOLOGY
Here’s looking at you: Smart glasses may have a big future at work Economist
Twitterbots United: fake followers could wreck the election Wired
***ART AND DESIGN
How Typography Can Save Your Life ProPublica
***BIG DATA
Using data analytics to tackle the information overload among researchers and publishers in science/medical/tech Inside Higher Ed
Is the skill shortage subdividing Big Data by tools and education? Computer World
How Big Data is affecting politics--the dive into social #nalytics and the effort to ‘weaponize data' Datanami
Our brains employ similar algorithms to those inspired by Bayes’ theorem. Does this mean our Brains are Bayesian? Scientific American
***JOURNALISM
Jeff Daniels reprises 'Newsroom' anchor role for 2016 presidential elections USA Today
Snapchat for journalists: a great big guide Online Journalism Blog
The Value of Data Journalism Real Clear Politics
Buzzfeed Is the Only New Media Organization on Facebook's ‘Most Trusted' List Motherboard
Nate Silver has a Donald Trump problem: Where does data journalism go now? Salon
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
A Time and Place for Paid Content (Over six in ten Americans say they are comfortable with companies paying to publish articles that look like news as long as there's a disclaimer) Harris Poll
Local news startup Ripple apologizes for taking other people's news Recode
***STUDENT MEDIA
At Cornell, the College Daily Will No Longer Be Daily New York Times
Student Reporter Interviews Obama. First Question? The Fafsa Chronicle of Higher Ed
Language in transition: How student journalists cover transgender issues Student Press Law Center
How to investigate if your school is inflating gender equity numbers Reveal
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Numbers in the News Quiz - 9 Becoming
***GRAMMAR
East Asian words make it into Oxford English Dictionary The Guardian
***WRITING& READING
Everyone is deleting pronouns from the beginning of their sentences — here's why Business Insider
Dashing Through Chronicle of Higher Ed
***RACE
Reporter Mukhtar Ibrahim gets treated differently at federal courthouse Minneapolis City Pages
How the Teacher’s Race Affects the Teaching of Race Chronicle of Higher Ed
How psychologists used these doctored Obama photos to get white people to support conservative politics Washington Post
***SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
Campus Tour Guides Should Know the Facts About Sexual Assault Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Temple News’ longform piece on sexual assault on campus Temple News
Push Grows For A 'Scarlet Letter' On Transcripts Of Campus Sexual Offenders NPR
Professors Are Being Forced To Reveal Sexual Assault Confidences, Like It Or Not Huffington Post
Taking Sexual Assault to Twitter Inside Higher Ed
***RELIGION
As U.S. Attitudes Change, Some Evangelicals Dig In; Others Adapt NPR
Atheist Ad Mocking Noah's Ark Park as 'Genocide and Incest' Center Rejected by Billboard Companies ABC News
3 reasons conservative Christians will lose the transgender debate (opinion) Religious News Service
‘Take it off! This is America!’: Man who yanked hijab pleads guilty to religious obstruction Washington Post
Gender gap in religious service attendance has narrowed in U.S. Pew Research
Report Reveals cover-up of leading missionary surgeon who sexually abused 22 women and girls Religious News Service
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Evangelicals raise hell over Trump's VP search Politico
Mississippi religious liberty law challenged in court Baptist News
Trump mounts Twitter war with the Southern Baptist Convention’s chief ethicist Religious News Service
NBC News Exit Poll Results: Lacking a Clear Champion in 2016, White Evangelicals Voted for Trump NBC News
Many Evangelicals Are In 'An Awkward Place' With Trump Atop GOP NPR
***STUDENT LIFE
Study: Millennials want brand managers out of their ears—and feeds PR Daily
Chinese University Incentivizes Students To Be Polite NPR
Young Americans Drink More, Eat Worse, and Stay Skinnier Than Everyone Else Bloomberg
The Minecraft Generation- How a clunky Swedish computer game is teaching millions of children to master the digital world New York Times
How badly companies misunderstand millennials Washington Post
***JOBS
Top 10 Mistakes You Might Be Making with Your Job Search Life Hacker
How to make a good first impression on mobile job apps USA Today
7 Tips For Job-Seeking Graduates DNA Info
How to ace a Skype interview USA Today
National Labor Relations Board: Your Employer Can’t Force You To Be Happy At Work Huffington Post
***SCIENCE
Why scientists should learn to fail, fast and often StatNews
***PSYCHOLOGY
Does The Placebo Effect Influence Consumer Product Purchases? NPR
Suicide rates are rising in America, and in other rich countries Economist
Major Counseling Organization Protests Tennessee’s Anti-LGBT Counseling Law Huffington Post
***PHILOSOPHY
‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Is Secretly All About Ancient Greek Philosophy Decider
Teaching Students Philosophy Will Improve Their Academic Performance, Shows Study BigThink
***HIGHER ED
A growing number of colleges and universities are emphasizing civic engagement in their curriculum Inside Higher Ed
Discount at Private Schools reach new record levels Inside Higher Ed
Chilling Higher Ed Cooperation in China? Inside Higher Ed
Supreme Court Sends Birth-Control Case Brought by Religious Employers Back to Lower Courts (Outcome suggests justices would have split 4-4 on the merits of the case) Reuters
Academic-Freedom Spat Triggers Wave of Resignations at Religious College Chronicle of Higher Ed
Texas Christian University misspells its own name in commencement program Houston Chronicle
Student sit-in at Jesuit School because Dean used the N-Word.. in a book Title Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Study by faculty members at West Point finds students perform better academically when laptops and tablets are banned from the classroom Inside Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Rutgers professors vote a second time to seek access to and limits on use of data from Academic Analytics Inside Higher Ed