Articles of Interest - Nov 27
/***TECHNOLOGY
Will Computers Ever Hear Like People Do? YouTube Video
Americans’ obsession with smartphones shows no sign of abating Talking New Media
NASA Uses Students To Develop Virtual Reality Programs NPR
How much did your town spend on its shot at being Amazon’s second headquarters? MuckRock
Judge: 84-year-old doctor who doesn’t use computer can’t regain license Associated Press
From Linux to Windows 10: Why did Munich switch and why does it matter? Tech Republic
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
How labs are being impacted by microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies, cloud computing, machine learning, and AI Technology Networks
Machine learning is still something businesses are talking about, rather than using in any great numbers IDG connect
Using neural networks to help devises be able to hear like humans (video) Nat and Friends
***SOCIAL MEDIA
How to Join Someone's Instagram Live and Broadcast as a Guest Life Hacker
How LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman would fix social media Recode
Watch Out: If Someone Blocks You on Twitter, You Lose Your DM History With Them Life Hacker
How to Use Instagram's Filters Without Posting Your Photo Life Hacker
***JOURNALISM
Access to city records can take weeks with new online portal Union Tribune
AI Could Help Reporters Dig Into Grassroots Issues Once More MIT Technology Review
The Mexican city where journalism is a life and death matter Irish Times
The best automatic transcription tools for journalists Poynter
Thank you to all the public records officers who make transparency possible MuckRock
Photojournalists in Mexico Show Solidarity Amid the Ruins Harvard’s Nieman Center Reports
***JOURNALISM: THE NYT NAZI PROFILE PIECE
The media today: How not to write about a Nazi Columbia Journalism Review
Where the New York Times article on an American Nazi went wrong Vox
The problem with the New York Times’ chummy profile of a Nazi sympathizer Quartz
The Banality of White Nationalism The Atlantic
The New York Times responded to the outpouring of criticism of its profile of a white supremacist Recode
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
Journalism Schools are on Life Support Michael Koretzky
How Students Covered a Conference Better with Multi-Platform, Multimedia Reporting Media Shift
***FAKE NEWS
In some countries, fake news on Facebook is a matter of life and death Columbia Journalism Review
Journalists, let’s invest in trust, not just expect it Medium
Investigation of fake net neutrality foes has been stymied by the FCC, New York attorney general says Washington Post
‘Fake news’ seized an Idaho city. A local paper ‘jumped right into the coverage’ Columbia Journalism Review
Tim O’Reilly on ways to put the brakes on “fake news” and rebuild trust on the internet Harvard’s Nieman Center Reports
The Fake News Fueling the Uproar Over Self-Driving Vehicles Tech News Review
***PERSONAL GROWTH
err in the direction of kindness: Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial Becoming (my blog)
Alike: a Poignant Short Animated Film About the Enduring Conflict Between Creativity and Conformity Open Culture
***GRAMMAR
***WRITING & READING
At what point do we give up on books? Big data has the answer The Guardian
22 Famous Writers Told Us About The Book They're Most Thankful For BuzzFeed News
Drop the jargon and write like a human with the help of this tool Poynter
***LANGUAGE
Answering a Question With a Question Chronicle of Higher Ed
Moderate alcohol consumption improves foreign language skills Research Digest
Dictionary.com chooses ‘complicit’ as its word of the year Associated Press
***LITERATURE
A Digital Archive of 1,800+ Children’s Books from UCLA Open Culture
University Library to remove 170,000 unused books from its libraries WTAE
Top 10 Misquoted Lines from C. S. Lewis Christianity Today
George Orwell's Life In 'The Last Man In Europe' NPR
Author: Racism revealed in Dr. Seuss' work, children's literature Chicago Tribune
***GENDER
How American Women “Kickstarted” a Campaign to Give Marie Curie a Gram of Radium, Raising $120,000 in 1921 Open Culture
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The legal profession is diversifying Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Rosie O'Donnell Beats Slander Lawsuit After Blaming 'View' Producer for Media Leaks Hollywood Reporter
An upcoming Supreme Court case that will determine whether law enforcement should be able to access cell phone data without a warrant Washington Post
Zazzle Loses Copyright Jury Verdict, and That’s Bad News for Print-on-Demand Publishers–Greg Young Publishing v. Zazzle Technology and Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Is There an Evangelical Crisis? (opinion) New York Times
Where young evangelicals are headed (opinion) Alan Jacob’s blog
A TEDx Talk About Growing Up In A New Zealand Christian Cult You Tube
No, the Swedish Church has not banned the male pronoun for God The Local
How the “Christian Netflix” is making hit movies you’ve never heard of VICE
Views of transgender issues divide along religious lines Pew Research
Kentucky Baptists threaten to kick out churches that think it's OK to hire 'practicing homosexuals' Louisville Courier Journal
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The confused identity of today’s “evangelical” voter (opinion) Vox
***ART & DESIGN
Seeing a Song: Painting What She Hears Open Culture
60-Second Introductions to 12 Groundbreaking Artists: Matisse, Dalí, Duchamp, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko & More Open Culture
***MUSIC
Christian Rock Artist Josh Lovelace Branches Out To Children's Music In Solo Debut NPR
Record Labels Are Rebounding, But This Startup Could Shake Their Dominance Fast Company
What the hell’s happening to music’s trade press? (And what does it mean for the rest of us?) Music Business
***FILM
‘Lady Bird’ sets Rotten Tomatoes record as best-reviewed movie ever Daily Dot
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
FCC Chairman Defends Repeal Of Net Neutrality NPR
The Internet Broke the Media, and There's No Turning Back Bloomberg
Media’s complicated relationship with VC funding Columbia Journalism Review
Smaller Newspapers Are Doing Just Fine, Thank You, New Report Finds Street Fight Mag
***STUDENT MEDIA
Tufts postpones Scaramucci talk after he threatens to sue student who wrote an unflattering opinion piece about him in the student newspaper Washington Post
Millennials are set to be the most unequal generation yet Quartz
***STUDENT LIFE
Where Millennials Come From And why we insist on blaming them for it The New Yorker
After Protest of Working Conditions, Grad Students at American U. of Beirut Lose Jobs Chronicle of Higher Ed
Dutch university says student cannot defend PhD dressed as a pirate Times Higher Ed
15 Items Every Twenty-Something Should Have on Their Bucket List Study Breaks
How Tech Companies Are Catering To Generation Z Teens NPR
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
How To Apologize For Sexual Harassment (Hint: It Takes More Than 'Sorry') NPR
The industries with the worst sexual harassment problem Washington Post
The Celebrity Perv Apology Generator
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE NEWSROOM
One in two women journalists suffer gender-based violence at work International Federation of Journalists
The News Industry Has a Sexual Harassment Problem. #NowWhat? Harvard’s Nieman Center Reports
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN HIGHER ED
Professors urge boycott of University of Rochester over allegations of misconduct CBS News
Michigan State hasn’t faced consequences for enabling the biggest sex abuse scandal in U.S. sports Think Progress
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT REPORTERS
When Sexual Assault Victims Are Charged With Lying (opinion) New York Times
For Some Victims, Reporting a Rape Can Bring Doubt, Abuse — and Even Prosecution Pro Publica
***HEALTH
News headlines claiming two therapies were proven ‘equally effective’ for treating opioid use disorder Health News Review
Loyola U makes data-free claim that a ‘simple’ heart test can distinguish between major depression and bipolar disorder Health News Review
Is Alzheimer’s ‘coming for you’? NY Times uses anecdote and an old blood test to warn it might be Health News Review
***SCIENCE
Why are scientists filing lawsuits against their critics? The Verge
Still No Science Advisor at the White House MIT Technology Review
***PSYCHOLOGY
Angry people die sooner Daily Mail
How to Detect When People Are Using the Truth to Lie to You Life Hacker
***PHILOSOPHY
Billionaire LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman says his masters in philosophy has helped him more than an MBA Business Insider
How a Skeptic Became a Stoic Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why Does Materialism Get Such A Bad Rap? Digg
***PRODUCTIVITY
An ex-Google data scientist studied thousands of successful people on Wikipedia — here's what they have in common The Independent
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Why business school can be dangerous, according to two of Silicon Valley's biggest names Business Insider
How Much You Should Pay Your Babysitter, According to Where You Live Offspring
***RESEARCH
A US Research Integrity Advisory Board is long overdue Nature
This Ivy League Scientist Did A Bunch Of Food Surveys And Somehow Got The Same Number Of Responses Each Time BuzzFeed News
Rewarding negative results keeps science on track (opinion) Nature
Poisoning the well with a within-person design? What’s the risk? Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
PLOS Reports $1.7M Loss In 2016 Scholarly Kitchen
***HIGHER ED
'Elitists, crybabies and junky degrees': Education advocates see growing disdain for U.S. universities (opinion) Washington Post
Interactive graph on the rising cost of college Market Watch
‘Ring by Spring’: How Christian Colleges Fuel Students’ Rush to Get Engaged Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING
How to Measure Success Without Academic Achievement Ed Surge
How to Escape Grading Jail Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Withering Humanities Jobs: Full-time jobs in English and languages continue to decline, reaching a new low Inside Higher Ed
Big Legal Win for Trans Academic: Federal jury awards $1.165 million, finding discrimination in tenure denial by Southeastern Oklahoma State University Inside Higher Ed
Academic fraud: A question of morals, integrity Straits Times