Articles of Interest - Jan 15
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Here’s how to make sure Facebook shows you the content you want: You can beat the algorithm Recode
Facebook chooses friends over publishers Axios
How to post a still frame of a video to Instagram cNet
This Is the Data Snapchat Doesn’t Want You to See The Daily Beast
***SOCIAL MEDIA: ADDICTION
Study finds narcissists like fellow narcissists on Instagram PsyPost
I deleted Facebook off my phone and you should too Mashable
Are we raising digital monsters? Union Tribune
Cutting adolescents’ use of social media will not solve their problems Economist
Parents’ Biggest Dilemma: When to Give Children Smartphones WSJ (sub req’d)
When will social media companies get serious about their effect on young kids? (opinion) Quartz
***MOBILE
The Joy of Predictive Text Chronicle of Higher Ed
***THE INTERNET
The Supreme Court could soon clear the way for states to impose new online sales taxes Recode
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Digital media companies are headed for a crash, Hearst Magazines president David Carey says Recode
Media Organizations Grapple With the New Facebook The New York Times
Facebook feed change sacrifices time spent and news outlets for ‘well-being’ Tech Crunch
Axios Media Trends Axios
***JOURNALISM
After Donald Trump Said It, How News Outlets Handled It New York Times
Terry Gross, In Conversation Vulture
A Crash Course in Breitbart’s Conspiracy Journalism (video) The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper
Why NPR Decided To Spell Out And Say Vulgar Word Used By President Trump NPR
Trying to decide if you should publish that dirty word? Here's a step-by-step guide Poynter
It’s not “citizen journalism,” but it is “citizens taking notes at public meetings with no reporters around” Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Five Tips For Creating A Reporter Reel Newsroom Notes
After Donald Trump Said It, How News Outlets Handled It New York Times
10 resolutions for newsroom managers in 2018 Columbia Journalism Review
'The Post' reminds us of journalism's responsibility, legacy Chicago Tribune
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
WaPo hits 2nd year of profitability, plans expansion Axios
The top 10 newspaper publications in the US Muck Rack
Among U.S. Latinos, the internet now rivals television as a source for news Pew Research
How virtual reality could change the journalism industry PBS
***FAKE NEWS
Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’ could violate ethics rules Politco
***TECHNOLOGY
CRISPR hits a snag: Our immune systems may attack the treatment Stat News
Robotic Implants Could Help Remedy a Rare Birth Defect Discover Magazine
Meet the Woman Using CRISPR to Breed All-Male “Terminator Cattle”Gene editing can change an animal’s sex MIT Tech Review
Artificial intelligence dominated the Consumer Electronics Show Economist
One in six Americans owns a smart speaker, according to study Engadget
***BIG DATA & AI
Visualizing the Uncertainty in Data Flowing Data
AI system sorts news articles by whether or not they contain actual information Motherboard
Questions mount over fate of SpaceX launched secret satellite—did the satellite suffer some sort of failure or is it “indeed, in orbit” Washington Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Within Arms Reach Becoming (my blog)
Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person The New York Times
Why Boys Are Mean To Those They Like (video) Digg
Improving Ourselves to Death The New Yorker
The Building Blocks of Personhood: Oliver Sacks on Narrative as the Pillar of Identity Brain Pickings
***WRITING & READING
How Reading Increases Your Emotional Intelligence & Brain Function: The Findings of Recent Scientific Studies Open Culture
Redundancy in writing Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
New Words of 1990 Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words Jstor
Haiti’s Resilience as Seen Through Literature New York Times
A Winter Walk with Thoreau: The Transcendentalist Way of Finding Inner Warmth in the Cold Season Brain Pickings
Why the First Novel Created Such a Stir Jstor
How the written word shaped the written world: Literature is a fundamental part of human history Economist
W.H. Auden on the Political Power of Art and the Crucial Difference Between Party Issues and Revolutionary Issues Brain Pickings
Why we still love Henry David Thoreau New Yorker
***GENDER
Women in economics must be “significantly clearer writers than men” to get published in major journals and must wait longer, too New York Times
A Scientist's Gender Can Skew Research Results NPR
Google Memo Author Sues Company For Discrimination Against White Males BuzzFeed
Am I a bad feminist? (Margaret Atwood) Globe & Mail
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
North Carolina's Racial Gerrymandering Was Unconstitutional The Atlantic
H&M's Apology for Tone-Deaf 'Monkey' Sweatshirt Misstep 'Not Enough' Billboard
The gap between the number of blacks and whites in prison is shrinking Pew Research
***FREE SPEECH
Medical Charity Brings First Amendment Challenge against U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington Post
Student Group Sues UMass Over Speech and Rally Policies US News
Richard Spencer supporter sues university, calling security fee for campus speech unconstitutional Washington Post
Germany is silencing “hate speech”, but cannot define it Economist
Trump calls for review of libel laws (again) in his latest salvo against free press CNN
***LEGAL ISSUES
No Level of Copyright Enforcement Will Ever Be Enough For Big Media TorrentFreak
Legal Footnote: You Have to Look Hard to See the Supreme… ProPublica
Army challenges Golden Knights trademark; Vegas responds ProHockeyTalk
***RELIGION
Report Shows It's Increasingly Dangerous To Be A Christian In Many Countries NPR
Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence The Conversation
Secret Documents Reveal Sex Abuse Scandal in Jehovah's Witnesses Church Newsweek
An evangelical Catholic movement inspires commitment, stirs controversy Philly.com
Bonhoeffer at the End of Life: Bonhoeffer, Evangelicals and Pastor Mike Hayes Patheos
Latino Churches Fear Impact of Homeland Security Decisions Christianity Today
Arson suspects sought in Pasadena church fire LA Times
Evangelical Chaplain’s Suspension Intensifies Denomination’s Gay Marriage Debate Religious News Service
A Brief History of Making Deals with the Devil: Niccolò Paganini, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Page & More Open Culture
Edwin Hawkins, gospel star known for 'Oh Happy Day' dies at 74 LA Times
***MEGACHURCHES
Megachurch Pastor admits to assaulting a teen 20 years ago, gets standing ovation CBS News
Andy Savage’s Standing Ovation Was Heard Round the World. Because It Was Wrong (opinion) Christianity Today
How California’s Megachurches Changed Christian Culture KQED
Former pastor says Angley abused him Akron Beacon Journal
Publisher cancels book by Tennessee pastor accused of sexual assault USA Today
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Trump’s ‘s---hole’ remark rattles evangelicals, other Christians The Wichita Eagle
Trump’s ‘shithole’ comments have enraged many. But some evangelical leaders still back him Washington Post
First Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress says sentiment of Trump's vulgar immigration remarks 'on target' Dallas News
Evangelical rift intensifies over Trump immigration remarks Associated Press
***ART & DESIGN
Mapbreaking Prototypr
Russia's Underground Art Finds A Home In The U.S. NPR
Meet your match: Google app finds famous art you look like CNET
What’s Up With the Helvetica Font in ‘The Post’? The Ringer
***MUSIC
Having rescued recorded music, Spotify may upend the industry again Economist
***BUSINESS
Why Economists Make Terrible Fortunetellers Jstor
The 7 Percent Rule: Why a small fraction of visitors drive most online traffic — and profit Traffic
***STUDENT MEDIA
Removal of John Carroll's newspaper adviser upsets former students Baltimore Sun
***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials may be terrible, but they get arrested far less often than their parents did SFGate
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
The 10 best places to find a job in 2018 CNBC
Internship opportunities, Summer 2018 NBC, Los Angeles
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Time For Harassers To Be Held Accountable, Female Gamer Says NPR
The Paradox of Protecting Students: In shielding students from sexual harassers, professors support a broken system Chronicle of Higher Ed
Are men accused of harassment denied due process? Or are the victims? Vox
U. of Rochester’s President Resigns as Report Supports Handling of Harassment Case Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why Psychologist John Pryor Created The Likelihood To Sexually Harass Scale NPR
***FAMILY
Most dads say they spend too little time with their children; about a quarter live apart from them Pew Research
The Grandparenting Generation New Republic
***HEALTH
The economy affects health in an unexpected way NPR
Severe obesity linked to newly identified gene mutations Imperial College of London
Researchers find identical twins share molecular similarity Baylor College of Medicine
How neural stem cells turn into brain cells, may allow treatment of neurological disorders early on UCLA
A severe flu season is stretching hospitals thin. That is a very bad omen Stat News
Trump's new assistant Drug Czar: a 24-year-old campaign volunteer with no experience, in charge of billions to end the opioid epidemic Washington Post
The New Health Care Still Not Convinced You Need a Flu Shot? First, It’s Not All About You New York Times
***SCIENCE
Scientists Continue to Use Outdated Methods The Scientist Magazine
Particle Physics hits a wall Economist
An Oath for Scientists Sometimes I’m Wrong Blog
***2017
2017’s Best and Worst Brand Names—And 3 Naming Trends For 2018 Fast Company
Star Wars, Meghan Markle, total eclipse drove sales on eBay in 2017 CNBC
***CREATIVITY
Two new books probe the evolutionary roots of creativity Economist
***HISTORY
How America’s infatuation with World War II has eroded our conscience (a graphic portrayal) The Nib
Slow Burn: A Podcast About Watergate Slate
50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1968 The Atlantic
Watch the History of the World Unfold on an Animated Map: From 200,000 BCE to Today Open Culture
***RESEARCH
The statistical methods used to analyze the data can influence the interpretation of the results Elife Sciences
Funders should mandate open citations Nature
We Used Broadband Data We Shouldn’t Have — Here’s What Went Wrong FiveThirtyEight
That positive p-value we reported yesterday? Um, we screwed that up too Axovant
A New Citation Database Launches Today: Digital Science’s Dimensions Scholarly Kitchen
***HIGHER ED
An Insider’s Take on Assessment: It May Be Worse Than You Thought (“assessors have known for sometime now that assessment does not work”) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Higher Education Is Drowning in BS Chronicle of Higher Ed
Educators must help undocumented students feel safe, supported (opinion) Atlanta Journal Constitution Get Schooled
Is there still a place for Christian colleges in American higher ed? Education Dive
Moody Bible President and COO Both Resign, Provost Retires Christianity Today
***TEACHING
A School's Way To Fight Phones In Class: Lock 'Em Up NPR
***ACADEMIC LIFE
A Scholar, But Not a Professor Chronicle of Higher Ed
FIRE sues college for ignoring records requests about its firing of Black Lives Matter advocate The FIRE
Judge Dismisses Suit of LSU Professor Who Was Fired for Obscenities The Advocate