Articles of Interest - Sept 5
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Almost no one really knows how Facebook’s Trending algorithm works, but here’s an idea Harvard’s Nieman Lab
12 Rules for Winning at Snapchat Like a Boss—a Teen Boss Wired
Groups Worry About Impact Of Police Moves To Block Social Media NPR
How an online forum catches censors unawares Economist
The Teenager’s Definitive Guide to Social Media Don’ts Wired
Study: Social Media Overtakes TV as Main Source of News for 18-24 AdWeek
***ART AND DESIGN
Why Facebook Is Blue: The Science of Colors in Marketing Medium
***IMAGES
Stanford Professor puts his entire digital photography course online for free DIY Photography
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The Curse of a Phoenix Weatherman: Finding New Ways to Say ‘It’s Hot’ New York Times
In the Digital Age Billboards are far from Dead New York Times
***FREE SPEECH
Free Speech, Political Correctness And Higher Education Huffington Post
Welcome to Campus! And Freedom of Speech! The FIRE
***LEGAL ISSUES
ADA Taken to Task by Feds and Critics on Law School Student Outcomes Inside Higher Ed
Judge: Glenn Beck must disclose his marathon bombing sources Associated Press
Warner Bros. issues so many DMCAs that some of its own websites are included Daily Dot
Copyright’s Digital/Analog Divide InfoJustice
***TECHNOLOGY
This program can mimic your handwriting with shocking accuracy—what could go wrong? Daily Dot
***FILM
The first AI-made film trailer Wired
5 Hours of Free Alfred Hitchcock Interviews: Discover His Theories of Film Editing, Creating Suspense & More Open Culture
***BIG DATA / STATS
What is the right mix of competences for Data Scientists? First partial survey findings Alessandro Piva
Free A/B Split Test Calculator Online Answer Miner
The 10 algorithms machine-learning engineers need to know Lab41
***MUSIC AND ART
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
***JOURNALISM
Shield laws and journalist’s privilege: The basics every reporter should know Columbia Journalism Review
The Newspaper Association of America is dropping ‘paper’ from its name Poynter
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
Remix: 5 Tips for Managing a Year-Long Student Journalism Project Media Shift
What Can Journalism Educators Do to Help End Sexist Language in Sports Coverage? Media Shift
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Vice shows how not to treat freelancers Columbia Journalism Review
Why Radio Stations keep playing the same songs over and over again Life Hacker
***STUDENT MEDIA
What happened after 6 college newspapers cut their print schedules Poynter
Student paper’s traffic spikes with coverage of dean’s controversial note Columbia Journalism Review
***HEALTH
Machine predicts heart attacks 4 hours before doctors New Scientist
Test Of Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Finds Progress Against Brain Plaques NPR
A row over Mylan’s EpiPen allergy medicine raises fresh questions about how drugs are priced Economist
How to anticipate epidemics Economist
5 ways hospitals are improving the workplace on Labor Day and beyond Stat News
Calcium Supplements Linked to Higher Risk of Dementia in Some Women Live Science
***HEALTH/ ZEKA
Mosquitoes carrying Zika can hand down virus to offspring, study shows Stat News
POLL: Most Americans Want Congress To Make Zika Funding A High Priority NPR
Quicktake: Zika Virus basics Bloomberg
***PSYCHOLOGY
People can get addicted to almost any product. Do manufacturers have a responsibility to stop them? The Atlantic
Another classic finding in psychology—that you can smile your way to happiness—just blew up Slate
The delicate balance of disclosing mental illness on social media Daily Dot
***NEUROSCIENCE
How A Baseball Batter's Brain Reacts To A Fast Pitch NPR
You’re not a jerk if you can’t remember faces: Facial blindness is a spectrum, neuroscientists say Quartz
Cognitive scientist puts profanity in its place Science News
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Letting go of The Inner Rhythm Becoming (my blog)
***WRITING& READING
Map: Which US states are the most well read? Quartz
***LANGUAGE
The class with 20/20 vision! Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature Washington Post
3,000 Illustrations of Shakespeare’s Complete Works from Victorian England, Neatly Presented in a New Digital Archive Open Culture
How Hip-Hop Can Bring Shakespeare to Life KQED
The History of Literature Podcast Takes You on a Literary Journey: From Ancient Epics to Contemporary Classics Open Culture
***PHILOSOPHY
Philosopher of the month: Aristotle Oxford University Press
A well-documented account of the second golden age of Western philosophy Economist
An Animated Introduction to French Philosopher Jacques Derrida Open Culture
***ETHICS
A two-year-old's solution to the trolley problem (video) YouTube
***RESEARCH
Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review Electronic Fronteir Foundation
We’ve seen computer-generated fake papers get published. Now we have computer-generated fake peer reviews Retraction Watch
***HIGHER ED
Colleges Brace for Impact of Overtime Rule Chronicle of Higher Ed
The debate over trigger warnings and safe spaces on college campuses. (podcast) WNYC
What the Savviest School Administrators Know About Education Technology EdSurge
***TEACHING
The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2020 Beloit
How to Think Like Shakespeare Chronicle of Higher Ed
MIT experiments with instructor grading in massive open online courses Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
One of the biggest ways college students are ripped off is getting out of control Business Insider
Millennials respond excellently to #HowToConfuseAMillennial hashtag Mashable
Surprised? College students are drinking more, smoking less USA Today
***GENDER ISSUES
Colleges work on gender inclusivity with pins, pronouns USA Today
Researchers Find That Female CEOs and Senators Are Disproportionately Blond Slate
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
She Was Raped During Study Abroad. Then Her School Said She Couldn’t Talk About It Huffington Post