articles of interest - Dec 26
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Why Snapchat’s Design is Deliberately Confusing Prototypr.io
How Facebook Is Transforming Disaster Response Wired
Fake news sets off Twitter confrontation between Pakistan and Israel CBS News
U.S. Customs requesting social media details at border The Stack
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
SoundExchange Releases Most Recent Finance Data Billboard
IHeartMedia’s Debt Refinancing Faces Static As Radio’s Prospects Weaken Deadline
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The reigning absurdity in the digital news economy Monday Note
‘A very blunt instrument’: The potential and power of mobile notifications Columbia Journalism Review
***BIG DATA
Fencemarking vs. Benchmarking: how to uncover insights using both methods Inside Big Data
Why Deep Learning is radically different from Machine Learning Medium
Big Data, Software Continue to Stump Defense Programs National Defense Magazine
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Hurting from Loss Becoming (my blog)
Make Yourself Happier by Doing One Creative Thing Every Day LifeHacker
***HIGHER ED
K-State Freshman says he plans to drop out; Diatribe against General Education Courses goes Viral Inside Higher Ed
The Gay Rights policies of evangelical colleges and campus groups are increasingly out of sync with student views (sub req.’ed) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING& READING
Professors at America's elite colleges pick one book every student should read in 2017 Business Insider
***LITERATURE
The Art of Cutting Up Shakespeare Jstor
***GENDER ISSUES
Transition Team’s Request on Gender Equality Rattles State Dept. New York Times
How Women Finally Broke Into the Sciences Jstor
***RACE
Legislators criticize UW-Madison professor's course on race (“The Problem of Whiteness”), tweets about shooting of officers Wisconsin State Journal
Oregon: Professor in Blackface Violated Anti-Harassment Policy Inside Higher Ed
Drexel Condemns Professor's Tweet: University issues statement on Christmas Day over post that said "all I want for Christmas is white genocide" Inside Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
Encryption App ‘Signal’ Fights Censorship With a Clever Workaround Wired
D.C. appeals court rules that bloggers who compared professor to Jerry Sandusky may be sued for defamation Inside Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
New York Appeals Court Rules No Public Performance Rights in Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Billboard
Adding Derogatory Caption to Photo Meme Can Be False Light Unconstitutional Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Lawsuit, DOJ review spur Princeton to change mental-health policy Philly.com
Police Department’s Social Media Policy Is Unconstitutional Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Anti-Trump Evangelical Faces Backlash NPR
One University Confronts Tensions Over Islam With Its Neighbors (sub. req.’ed) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why God is a curvy, black woman in 'The Shack' and some Christian critics say it's 'heresy' Chicago Tribune
How a Defense of Christianity Revolutionized Brain Science Nautilus
Megachurch pastor ignites debate after suggesting that Christianity doesn’t hinge on Jesus’ birth Washington Post
Amy Grant On Faith, Songwriting And Christmas Blues NPR
***JOURNALISM
2016’s Great San Diego Journalism Voice of San Diego
***FAKE NEWS
A Professor Once Targeted by Fake News Now Is Helping to Visualize It Chronicle of Higher Ed
Will Search Algorithms Detect Fake News? Media Post
5 new automated fact-checking projects underway Digiday
***FAKE NEWS & PHOTOS
Shutterstock's VP Of Engineering Kevin Lester Talks Reverse Image Search IBT
How Photos Fuel the Spread of Fake News Wired
Artificial intelligence is going to make it easier than ever to fake images and video The Verge
***FAKE NEWS & THE CLASSROOM
Fake News Antidote: Teaching Kids To Discern Fact From Fiction NPR
Teaching 'Truthiness': Professors Offer Course On How to Write Fake News Ed Surge
***STUDENT MEDIA
College Students fight delay of newspaper over provocative Democrat and Chronicle
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Ex-Stanford professor: I was pushed out after reporting sexual harassment The Guardian
Lawsuit: MSU failed to act on early claims of sex abuse by school and USA Gymnastics doctor ESPN
***RESEARCH
The Irony Effect: How the scientist who founded the science of mistakes ended up mistaken Slate
How Academia, Google Scholar And Predatory Publishers Help Feed Academic Fake News Forbes
Once a Year, Scientific Journals Try to Be Funny. Not Everyone Gets the Joke Smithsonian Magazine
***HEALTH
What happens when machine learning meets biology? How big data is redefining biotechnology Tech Republic
Scanning reveals what pregnancy does to a mother’s brain The Economist
Rewriting the Code of Life The New Yorker
***PSYCHOLOGY
EEOC to Employers: Remember Mental Health Conditions are Disabilities Too National Law Review
Researchers Examine Whether First Impressions Are Lasting NPR
What psychologists really think about you lying to your kids about Santa Washington Post
Technology and today’s vast and immensely underserved mental health population Tech Crunch
***PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy Professors Debate God’s Existence Graphic (student newspaper)
A Crash Course in Existentialism: A Short Introduction to Jean-Paul Sartre & Finding Meaning in a Meaningless World Open Culture