articles of interest - May 1
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
The saga of a YouTube family who pulled disturbing pranks on their own kids The Washington Post
Leaked document reveals Facebook conducted research to target emotionally vulnerable and insecure youth News Australia
Yik Yak, the once popular and controversial college messaging app, shuts down USA Today
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Digital Publishing: How the New York Times and Washington Post are Changing the Podcast Field Editor & Publisher
People Don’t Want Something Truly New, They Want the Familiar Done Differently Medium
How YouTube’s Shifting Algorithms Hurt Independent Media New York Times
***INTERNET
The secret lives of Google raters Ars Technica
***TECHNOLOGY
The Impact of Virtual Reality on Learning Campus Technology
***JOURNALISM
Digital transformation in newsrooms means focusing on readers not platforms Medium
The Media Bubble is Real — And Worse Than You Think Politico
In Mexico, ‘It’s Easy to Kill a Journalist’ New York Times
Will Twitter Replace The Photojournalist? Forbes
Northwestern journalism school lets accreditation lapse (Dean: the process is "flawed" and not useful) Chicago Tribune
***FAKE NEWS
Hate the News? Wikipedia’s Co-Founder Wants You to Edit It Wired
The Future Of News Is Visuals (And How This Millennial-Led Startup Is Reinventing It) Forbes
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a large-scale attempt to combat fake news Nieman
Facebook tapped a New York Times vet to help fight fake news and make money for publishers Business Insider
It turns out people are very bad at estimating the magnitude of the fake news problem Nieman Lab
What Web Page Structure Reveals on News Quality Monday Note
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
A peek inside the ‘black box’ of #MachineLearning systems; checking the logic of Neural Networks Stanford
Where we stand with automated Machine Learning ..and where it is likely going KD Nuggets
In much of science, Bayesian methods are becoming increasingly central to finding small needles in huge haystacks The Conversation
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
IHeartMedia shares drop amid warning it may not survive another year My San Antonio
Twitter to launch 24/7 news streaming service with Bloomberg Venture Beat
***PERSONAL GROWTH
When you plan a trip to Italy but land in Holland Becoming (my blog)
***LITERATURE
Why You Love the Smell of Old Books Daily Jstor
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Anti-Semitic Incidents Spike Since Election, Jewish Watchdog Says NBC News
Policing for civil forfeiture profit The Week Magazine
How to Be an Ally to New Minority Scholars (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Is it OK to eat at a barbecue joint when the founder was a white supremacist? The New Yorker
School of Medicine is in danger of losing its accreditation because of a lack of diversity Stat
Can College Cure Racism? Daily Jstor
The ‘hotbed of anti-Semitism’ isn’t a foreign country: It’s U.S. college campuses Washington Post
***FREE SPEECH
Students campuses nationwide issue statement calling free speech Inside Higher Ed
Addressing the Real Crisis of Free Expression on Campus (opinion from the President of the Newseum) Newseum Institute
Too PC Or Not PC? The Debate Over Free Speech On Campus 1a.or
***LEGAL ISSUES
Judge blocks release of unpublished Prince songs Minnesota Public Radio
White House official says 'we've looked at' changes to libel laws that would restrict press freedom ABC News
Supreme Court won't review San Diego minister's lawsuit against gay therapy ban Reuters
***RELIGION
Religion Could Be More Durable Than We Thought NPR
Consecration of gay bishop against church law, says United Methodist top court Religion News Service
The Christian Agenda Behind Inmate Education: For prisoners, learning often comes with evangelical strings attached Chronicle of Higher Ed
Sub-Saharan Africa experienced largest increase in religious restrictions in 2015 Pew Research Center
SoCal Megachurch Sued Over Investment Fraud Courthouse News
Alvin Plantinga wins Templeton prize Catholic News Agency
Evangelicals of Color at a Crossroads Religious Dispatches
Share on Twitter Share via Email If it doesn’t stem its decline, mainline Protestantism has just 23 Easters left Washington Post
Among white evangelicals, regular churchgoers are the most supportive of Trump Pew Research Center
***MUSIC
How Ed Sheeran perfected the art of being a mainstream misfit Vox
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Doing the Right Thing in Sexual-Misconduct Cases (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Expelled for sex assault, young men are filing more lawsuits to clear their names Washington Post
The AP conducted a year-long investigation into student-on-student sexual assault in schools Associated Press
Sociology Chair steps down, denies alleged harassment among faculty is the cause Daily Camera
NY community college president resigns after he is recorded blaming alleged assault victim Associated Press
***HEALTH
End-of-life care: A better way to care for the dying The Economist
***RESEARCH
6 Common Flaws To Look Out For in Peer Review Publons
Va. man pleads guilty to scamming $500,000+ in federal education funds, science grants WJLA
107 Studies Published in a Cancer Journal Have Just Been Retracted Science Alert
***HIGHER ED
Analysts and some colleges worry Blackboard is stretching itself too thin Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Rush to Ramp Up Online Classes (sub. req’ed) Wall Street Journal
White Religion Profs at Seminary Apologize for Tweet where they posed as Gang Members Inside Higher Ed
Small private colleges stand to lose both money and student diversity in continually seeking to outbid each other for students, a new study warns Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Paraphrasing tools, freely available online, can fool plagiarism detection software, study finds Inside Higher Ed
A troubling new way to evade plagiarism detection software(And how to tell if it’s been used) Retraction Watch
***STUDENT MEDIA
High school journalists' investigative feat fuels calls for legal reforms Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
First Year Students are More Politically Polarized that Ever Inside Higher Ed
Half of millennials could be competing with robots for jobs The Washington Post
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Blind Spots that Require New Faculty Roles (a new analysis of survey data by USC researchers) The Changing Faculty