Articles of Interest - Feb 22
/***MEDIA
I have seen the future of media, and it’s in China Fusion
Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam NPR
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Cancer cons, phoney accidents and fake deaths: meet the internet hoax buster The Guardian
What Will Facebook Be Like When Instant Articles Are Available to Everyone? (Answer: Bad) New York Magazine
Instagram Adds Two-Factor Authentication to Secure Your Selfies Tech Crunch
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Big Bet That Facebook Can Make VR Social Wired
Twitter’s Bold New Path Forward: A GIF Button Wired
***BIG DATA
Shopping for predictive analytics software? Here are 10 vendors you should know Enterprise apps Today
Some planning suggestions before starting your first Big Data initiative Data Science Central
Identifying the top 100 Big Data influencers and brands Onalytica
***GRAMMAR
Punctuation in novels Medium
Me, Myself, I, and Yourselves Too (The use of the reflexive pronoun in a nonreflexive way) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Prince Charles: literature gave me a passion for grammar Telegraph
***LANGUAGE
Polysemy and Maturity: Should Harvard not using the term “House Master”? Chronicle of Higher Ed
And the Winner Is . . . Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
The complete guide to reading—and even enjoying—classic literature Quartz
The 'Girl' In The Title of Recent Books NPR
***RESEARCH
Expensive Journals Drive Academics To Break Copyright Law NPR
Librarians Find Themselves Caught Between Journal Pirates and Publishers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Strategies for using Plagiarism Software in the Screening of Incoming Journal Manuscripts (Recommendations based on a recent Literature Survey) Online Library
***RACE & GENDER ISSUES
Interactive: Demographics of More Than 400,000 Professors (Find the racial and ethnic breakdowns of all types of professors at more than 1,500 colleges) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Highlights from the USC report on entertainment diversity Union-Tribune
Damning study finds a 'whitewashed' Hollywood Union-Tribune
***TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft rolls out massive Outlook.com overhaul out of preview Venture Beat
How to Not Lose Your Data if You Forget Your iPhone Password Wired
Google Quietly Shutters Play For Education Tech Cruch
BuzzFeed Is Changing the Way It Measures Its Popularity Wired
***IMAGES
Winners of the 2016 World Press Photo Contest The Atlantic
Paula Scher’s Insanely Detailed US Maps Elevate Data Viz to Fine Art Wired
Art for Instagram’s Sake (Spectacular, immersive exhibitions are drawing huge crowds, but are they changing the museum experience?) The Atlantic
***RELIGION
How Secular Are Secular Ethics? Chronicle of Higher Ed
World treasure: UNESCO recognizes oldest surviving copy of Hebrew Bible Fox News
Finding Jesus at Work (Why are more and more companies offering access to chaplains as an employee benefit?) The Atlantic
What an evangelical theologian and his gay son can teach us all about respect and reconciliation Oregon Live
Why satanists have given new horror movie The Witch their endorsement Vox
David Javerbaum quits popular Twitter account @TheTweetOfGod SoCal Public Radio
Queen Discusses Christian Faith In New Book ‘The Servant Queen And The King She Serves' Huff Post UK
The Moral Threat of Bicycles in the 1890s Jstor
***JOURNALISM
How J-Schools Can Train a New Generation of Fierce Fact-Checkers Media Shift
The Associated Press is partnering with AMD for more virtual reality journalism The Verge
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM / MEDIA
The Future Of News And Publishing Tech Crunch
News Corp. Plummets as Profit Trails Estimates on Ad Revenue Ad Age
Is the New York Times building a digital ark? Journalism Prof
Whither Newspapers (Or Should That Be Withered)?
Solving journalism’s hidden problem: Terrible analytics Brookings
Gannett reports sharply lower revenue, earnings in Q4 report Talking New Media
***STUDENT JOURNALISM
College Newspaper Video about the Bible Just Cost Ted Cruz's Communications Director His Job Wired
The editor of DePauw's Student newspaper --the birthplace of SPJ--was fired (By the adviser. For violating SPJ's Code of Ethics. Even though SPJ says it wasn't a violation) SPJ Network
These Startups Want To Create College Media Powerhouses Huffington Post
***STUDENT LIFE
Students shooting video on campus leads to lockdown Arkansas Online
Your high school study habits may not work in college, here's why USA Today
***SCIENCE
Crisis in Physics: Missing Empirical Evidence New York Times
Meet The Cops of The Scientific Method CBC
***PSYCHOLOGY
Conversion therapy restricted in NY The Threefold Advocate (John Brown University Student Newspaper)
Psychology's Replication Crisis Has a Silver Lining The Atlantic
***NEUROSCIENCE
Making it up as you go along: how your brain freestyles (When your brain becomes ‘quieter’, remarkable things can happen. It’s time to go with the flow) The Guardian
How Brainwaves Allow Paralyzed Musicians To Continue Playing NPR
***PHILOSOPHY
Bringing Philosophy to Life Chronicle of Higher Ed
Column: This is what happens when you take Ayn Rand seriously PBS
Do We Cheapen Philosophy When We Use It as Therapy? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Philosophy in the Classroom (opinion) The Advocate
***HIGHER ED
Wheaton College could face long-term fallout over professor controversy Chicago Tribune
Fact-Check: Bernie Sanders Promises Free College. Will It Work? NPR
Assessing, Without Tests (Survey finds Increased Use of Learning Outcomes) Inside Higher Ed
The Moral Absurdity of Denying Financial Aid to Undocumented Students Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES /STEM
A Rising Call to Promote STEM Education and Cut Liberal Arts Funding New York Times
***TEACHING
A Plague of Plagiarism Chronicle of Higher Ed
Study suggests acceptance of online education still lags among high school students Inside
Study shows faculty members remain skeptical of digital course materials and generally unfamiliar with open educational resources Inside Higher Ed