Articles of Interest - April 18
/***PERSONAL GROWTH
Engineering Spiritual Growth Becoming (my blog)
Organization is a Skill, Not a Trait Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Important Habit of Just Starting Life Hacker
***THE INTERNET
The secret rules of the internet (The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future of free speech) The Verge
The Internet Should Look More Like Reddit and Less Like Facebook Media Shift PBS MediaShift
***WRITIN’ AND READIN’
The harsh truth about speed-reading The Daily Dot
The Narratee and the Typo Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Creative Writing of the Internet's Premier White Supremacist Forum Gawker
A Farewell to Adverbs (Why computers will never write novels) Chronicle of Higher Ed
The next hot job in Silicon Valley is for poets Washington Post
***GRAMMAR
Poetically Punctuating (subscription) Chronicle of Higher Ed
People obsessed with grammar aren't as nice as everybody else, study suggests Mashable
***LANGUAGE
That Emoji Does Not Mean What You Think It Means Gizmodo
How the Internet is changing the English language Daily Do
***LITERATURE
Cao Wenxuan: Chinese author wins top children's literature prize BBC
Fahrenheit 451 film in the works at HBO Entertainment Weekly
How a Google Spreadsheet Saved My Literature Class Chronicle of Higher Ed
At National Library Week, A Look At How Libraries Transform in the Digital Age PBS MediaShift
“What’s in a name?”: Was William Shakespeare popular during his lifetime? OUP blog
An Evening with Nikki Giovanni -- Point Loma Writer’s Symposium by the Sea 2016 UCSD TV
***RESEARCH
Why our peer review system is a toothless watchdog Stat News
***GENDER ISSUES
What happens to boys who kill women in video games Washington Post
See Where Women Have The Most And Least Political Representation In The U.S. NPR
The problem with almost all movies Washington Post
***RACE
What Does Time Perception Have To Do With Racial Disparities? NPR
‘When You’re Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression’ (opinion) Huffington Post
When It Comes To Terms Like 'Colored People's Time,' Context Matters NPR
Guess Who Is Writing a Book on Race? Rachel Dolezal Ad Week
Southwest Air kicks Muslim woman off plane for switching seats BoingBoing
A popular video game now randomizes your race and gender — and many white men are furious Vox
Hundreds of Wisconsin Faculty Members ‘Refuse to Be Silent’ About Classroom Arrest Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TECHNOLOGY
Your face is big data (facial recognition can identify complete strangers) BBC
***SOCIAL MEDIA
How Social Media Inflates Our Perception Of Our Choice Presidential Candidate Bloomberg View
In Its Fight Against Fake News, Facebook Found A Resilient Foe BuzzFeed
Facebook's New Master Plan: Kill Other Apps NPR
Facebook Employees Asked Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try to Stop a Donald Trump Presidency Gizmodo
The new face of Facebook (The social network has turned itself into one of the world’s most influential technology giants, and wants to become ever more powerful) Economist
USA Today Breaks Story: Teens Love Snapchat Gawker
You can predict city gentrification through check-ins and tweets Engadget
How Facebook Could Tilt the 2016 Election The Atlantic
Why it's now impossible for WhatsApp to help agencies like the FBI access messages Vox
Reddit Realizes It's 2016, Launches Mobile App Fortune
***MUSIC
Who Owns 'We Shall Overcome'? All Of Us, A Lawsuit Claims NPR
Kendrick Lamar sued for allegedly copying Bill Withers song The Guardian
Radiooooo: A Musical Time Machine That Lets You Hear What Played on the Radio in Different Times & Places Open Culture
***BIG DATA
The CIA Is Investing in Firms That Mine Your Tweets and Instagram Photos The Intercept
The dirty little secret about visualizing data-it's as much an art as a science Washington Post
FBI: a mysterious hacking group has had access to US govt files for years MotherBoard
***RELIGION
How highly religious Americans’ lives are different from others Pew Research
Tennessee governor vetoes bill making Bible official book Fox News
Despite harassment by police, China’s house-church movement is growing Economist
In 5 Years, Donald Has Given Nothing to Charity Ad Week
Many Americans don’t argue about religion – or even talk about it Pew Resaerch
SNL’s religious freedom movie (video) Vox
John Kasich Meets Talmudic Scholars, Tries to Explain Bible to Them New York Magazine
The Evangelical Onion Patheos
Fake news that’s good for the soul Washington Post
Gay waitress says Bible verse left in lieu of tip WBTV-TV
***JOURNALISM
2016 Pulitzer winners and finalists in journalism and arts Associated Press
The dirty little secret that data journalists aren’t telling you Washington Post
Panama Papers Leak Signals a Shift in Mainstream Journalism New York Times
What Instagram’s algorithm change means for journalists GateHouse Newsroom
Washington Post Fact Checker gets dressing down from readers; Twitter hashtag goes wrong Polimedia
A new understanding: What makes people trust and rely on news American Press Institute
The future of journalism in three words: collaboration, collaboration, collaboration The Guardian
Journalists, beware: Twitter is less potent than you assume Poynter
How newsroom pressure is letting fake stories on to the web The Guardian
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Catholic News Service editor asked to resign after Tweeting about Religious Liberty Bills National Catholic Reporter
Mashable gets out of news business, moves towards video content about ‘digital culture’ Mashable
For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It’s Bend or Bust New York Times
***SCIENCE
Science fairs are as flawed Stat News
***PSYCHOLOGY
Ha ha HA Haha. The Sound Of Laughter Tells More Than You Think NPR
Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think (When people see themselves as self-made, they tend to be less generous and public-spirited) The Atlantic
How Political Candidates Know If You’re Neurotic MIT Tech Review
***NEUROSCIENCE
This is what happens to the brain when it's on LSD Mashable
How Does a Mathematician's Brain Differ from That of a Mere Mortal? Scientific American
Why the baby brain can learn two languages at the same time The Conversation
Is Too Much Screen Time Damaging Your Child’s Brain? Psychology Today
***ETHICS
What Do You Owe the Friends You Unwittingly Scammed? NY Times
We all lie, scientists say, but politicians even more so Associated Press
This unusual test reveals how smart you are Washington Post
***STUDENT LIFE
College Student Uses 3-D Printer To Fix His Crooked Teeth NPR
Students ask college to bar controversial social app Jacksonville Journal-Courier
Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away NPR
***CAMPUS CRIME
Crimes reported against Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian students have the university reeling Inside Higher Ed
***SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
'Crying silently': VP Biden advocates for sexual assault victims during Week of Action USA Today
Prosecutor says rape case is threatened by BYU Honor Code investigation The Salt Lake Tribune
John Kasich Tells Student Worried About Sexual Assault to Avoid Parties With Alcohol Chronicle of Higher Ed
Colleges lose series of rulings in suits brought by male students accused of sex assault. In stinging decisions, judges fault lack of due process Inside Higher Ed
Do codes of conduct, especially those at faith-based institutions, discourage students from speaking up about sexual assault? (subscription) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
Calif. university spent $175,000 to counter negative Internet posts: newspaper Reuters
***HIGHER ED
Are Colleges Too Obsessed With Smartness? (we value students with top grades and scores to the detriment of everybody else) Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Education Twitterati (At an American Educational Research Association panel, academics discuss the rewards -- and risks -- of using social media to advance public scholarship) Inside Higher Ed
Hope College Moves Away from Immediate Plan to Fire President Inside Higher Ed
Head of embattled for-profit-college agency resigns Inside Higher Ed
Online Learning Trends at Community Colleges Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Stanford Physicist Embarks On Mission To Improve Undergraduate Teaching NPR
Teaching Magazine Students More than Magazines Media Shift
***ACADEMIC LIFE
New research finds professors spend considerable time in meetings and on administrative tasks, and much of their time alone Inside Higher Ed
Philosophy Prof says he was fired for posting a music video on his personal blog Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog