articles of interest - Oct 17
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
The Man Who Stood Up To Facebook NRP
Facebook Had an Insane Effect on Voter Registration Gizmodo
How Snapchat is Changing the Way We Communicate PBS Media Shift
***BIG DATA / STATS
How using big data in employment may run afoul of EEOC workplace regs SHRM
Building a framework for and computational AI law: when computer languages and real-world constructs meet Back Channel
The problem with cloud computing is bandwidth: Enter fog computing Forbes
Here’s how The White House wants the U.S. to approach AI R&D Tech Crunch
The cost of forsaking “C.” (get out the Bay Area web/mobile startup echo chamber) Medium
***TECHNOLOGY
'Unsubscribe' Outlines How to Change Your Email Habits NPR
***ART & DESIGN
The History and Usage of Common Symbols Medium
Street Artist Swoon Brings a Spiritual Installation to Detroit The Creators Project
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Don’t insist on knowing who you are before you begin the work Becoming (my blog)
***WRITING& READING
***LANGUAGE
Banter, Locker Room and Otherwise Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Regional Dialects Are Fixing Standard English Atlas Obcura
The Internet Isn’t Changing English. Nor the Converse Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
USA! USA! US … Oh, Never Mind. It’s The Literature Nobel FiveThirtyEight
Why Bob Dylan’s Songs Are Literature New Republic
How does storytelling differ between video games and literature? Gameasutra
***RESEARCH
We got probability wrong and should abandon the well-worn term ‘statistically significant' Aeon
The false academy Springer
Undergraduate academic journals face continuing problems of relevance Columbia Spectator
Access to data: Troubling findings from studies of the past several years The Replication Network
Scientific publishing is self-regulating so poorly that we invite a “Clean Science Act” Scholarly Kitchen
Much academic research is never cited and may be rarely read indicating wasted effort Springer
***GENDER & RACE
Where girls spend the most time on household chores The Atlas
Divided Supreme Court Hears 'Screaming Racial Bias' Juror Case NPR
***SEXUAL ASSAULT & TITLE IX
What a Landmark Finding in a Title IX Case Means for Colleges Wrestling With Sex Assault (sub. req’d) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Title IX Officers Pay a Price for Navigating a Volatile Issue (sub. req’d) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
Approaches to Sexual Assault would differ under Clinton, Trump Inside Higher Ed
Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Threat To Victims, A Quandary For Bystanders NPR
Can a syllabus be a form of sexual harassment? Inside Higher Ed
Trump Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Spur Calls To Assault Hotlines NPR
How To Deal With Sexual Harassment On The Job NPR
Baylor group makes waves with homecoming float targeting sexual assault scandal Houston Chronicle
***FREE SPEECH
Americans more tolerant of offensive speech than others in the world Pew Research
***LEGAL ISSUES
A former UVA dean's defamation lawsuit over the debunked Rolling Stone rape story is about to start Reuters
***RELIGION
Megachurch caught in "social media firestorm" disfellowshipping gay member KVUE
Christian group sues to exempt churches from Massachusetts transgender anti-discrimination law Mass Live
Churches Sue Over Attorney General Over Transgender Law NECNl
Okla. Guv Scrambles To Make Christian-Focused Proclamation More Inclusive Associated Press
Bob Dylan's Biblical imagination The Week
The spiritual abuse in InterVarsity’s treatment of LGBT people Religious News Service
Evangelical campus ministry group asks pro-gay staff to quit Associated Press
***RELIGION & POLITICS
A Christian conservative backlash against Trump seems to be building Boston Globe
Mike Pence Visits Liberty University And Tells Religious Voters To Stick With Trump NPR
Why Trump Tape Caused Only One Evangelical Leader to Abandon Him Christianity Today
Evangelical magazine publishes scathing anti-Trump editorial Yahoo News
***MUSIC
The Man Musicians Call When Two Tunes Sound Alike New York Times
'I Feel Pretty Good': A Moment With Brian Wilson NPR
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
YouTube Crushed TV in Total Debate Viewership Wired
***BUSINESS
More than half the world doesn’t understand this basic financial principle Quartz
***JOURNALISM
Just launched: A tool that will make life easier for FOIA reporters Columbia Journalism Review
At a Christian College, Student Journalism Gets Religious (opinion) New York Times
Why it’s important for news organizations to show their corrections Columbia Journalism Review
An economist makes the case for saving investigative journalism Poynter
A New Book Attempts to Define the Value of Investigative Journalism Nonprofit Quarterly
Publishing Hacked Private Emails Can Be a Slippery Slope Fortune
Google News now has a “Fact Check” tag Poynter
N. Dakota charges reporter with 'riot' for covering protest--but gets slapped down by judge LA Times
Criticism of the News Media Takes On a More Sinister Tone New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
BuzzFeed News, Twitter to partner on election night special Talking New Media
How CNN is ‘future-proofing’ itself Columbia Journalism Review
***STUDENT MEDIA
An unintended consequence of Title IX: Lack of clarity in the anti-sex discrimination statue is being used to censor student media Student Press Law Center
College newspaper defaced with racist message Union Tribune
***SCIENCE
Is our world a simulation? Why some scientists say it's more likely than not The Guardian
Bob Dylan, the songwriter scientists love to quote Science Mag
***HEALTH
Data Mining Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Human Weight Change MIT Technology Review
Reviews Of Medical Studies May Be Tainted By Funders' Influence NPR
Someone Called Her 'Just A Nurse,' So She Told Them What Being A Nurse Is All About
Welcome to On Call, a newsletter about hospitals and health care Stat News
Doctors’ political leanings Flowing Data
***PSYCHOLOGY
College students nationwide flood mental-health centers Fox News
John Borghi chronicles his experiences with psychology’s century-old problem with p-values Medium
How The Concept Of Implicit Bias Came Into Being NPR
***NEUROSCIENCE
Brain Implant Restores Sense Of Touch To Paralyzed Man NPR
***PHILOSOPHY
Why I Don't Have a Biblical Worldview and You Shouldn't Either, Says Christian Philosophy Professor Christian Post
***ETHICS
Computational Law, Symbolic Discourse, and the AI Constitution BackChannel
***HIGHER ED
Revolt at Liberty U: Students sharply criticize President for endorsement and continued support of Trump Inside Higher Ed
Religiously Serious, Thoughtfully Secular Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING
DIY Syllabus: What Goes Into a Syllabus Chronicle of Higher Ed
My Syllabus, My Self New York Times
20 Things Students Say Help Them Learn Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Here's What the Average American Owes After College Fox Business
Want college to pay off? These are the 50 majors with the highest earnings Washington Post
6 Tips For College Students Traveling Alone Huffington Post