Articles of Interest - Sept 11
/***TECHNOLOGY
New AI can work out whether you're gay or straight from a photograph The Guardian
What machines can tell from your face The Economist
Strong password strategy to protect against hackers The Washington Post
The NFL is putting data-collecting chips in all its footballs Fast Company
Identity Theft Feeds on Social Security Numbers Run Amok Bloomberg
The Password Game Survey Gizmo
Apple’s iOS 11 Will Make It Even Harder for Cops to Extract Your Data Wired
***SOCIAL MEDIA
News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2017 Journalism.org
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How Podcasting Became Hollywood's Latest Obsession VICE
***JOURNALISM
News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2017 Pew Research
What journalists can do better to cover the disability beat Columbia Journalism Review
Americans’ online news use is closing in on TV news use Pew Research
Washington Post’s Aggressive Video Journalism is Paying Off in Hurricane Coverage Editor and Publisher
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The New York Daily News bought by publisher Tronc for $1 CBS News
Turnaround at San Francisco Chronicle Shows Way for Legacy Newspapers Editor and Publisher
***FAKE NEWS
5 studies about fact-checking you may have missed last month Poynter
Trump backers’ alarming reliance on hoax and conspiracy theory websites, in 1 chart Washington Post
Facebook undermines its own effort to fight fake news Politico
How We Can Filter Fake News and Make Media More Trustworthy Singular Hub
How Russian & Alt-Right Twitter Accounts Worked Together to Skew the Narrative About Berkeley Arch Digital
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Why a squeegee used on 9/11 is in the Smithsonian Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
Is it elitist to call out Donald Trump’s typos and errors? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why Can’t I Start a Sentence With a Numeral? Mother Jones
A Philosopher-Grammarian Gets Something Right Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
A campaign to stop calling car collisions accidental Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Rough Translation: How 'Anna Karenina' Saved A Somali Inmate's Life NPR
Publisher pulls book by Hillary Clinton's pastor, citing plagiarism CNN
The Forgotten Value of a Literature Course Chronicle of Higher Ed
***GENDER
DeVos Pushes New Approach on Title IX Enforcement Inside Higher Ed
The New Science of Sex and Gender Scientific American
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Younger men play video games, but so do a diverse group of other Americans Pew Research
Study finds that students who deliver microaggressions are also likely to harbor racist attitudes Inside Higher Ed
Virtual Reality Project Captures Experience Of Crossing The Border NPR
Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population Pew Research
***FREE SPEECH
Judge to Rule on White Nationalist's Speech at University New York Times
Discipline against Creston students is 'significant free speech issue,' says Drake Law professor Des Moines Register
Three Textbooks on Campus Free Speech Inside Higher Ed
Public Library staffer arrested for defending mans free speech rights is acquitted The Kansas City Star
Study Looks At How People Think About Free Speech NPR
***LEGAL ISSUES
PETA, Photographer Reach Settlement In ‘Monkey Selfie’ Case San Francisco
Amazon's 1-Click Patent Is About To Expire. What's The Big Deal? NPR
'We Shall Overcome’ Verse Not Under Copyright, Judge Rules New York Times
Hulk Hogan’s lawyer sets sights on new target: Jezebel New York Post
Lawsuit Against Trump Starts The Battle To Define 'Emolument' NPR
What if the majority of a book was copy and pasted from discussions on LinkedIn? Is it legal? Agile Scientific
No “Contract By Tweet” for Plaintiff Who Pitches Movie Idea via Social Media Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***BUSINESS
Americans work harder than any other country’s citizens: study New York Post
The Surprising Upsides To Getting Angry At Work Fast Company
***RELIGION
White Christians no longer majority in United States, especially California Sacramento Bee
White Christians decline in U.S., but still dominate Republican Party USA Today
God and the Gridiron Game Christianity Today
Why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it (opinion) Aeon
The Private Faith of Hillary Clinton New Yorker
More Americans now say they’re spiritual but not religious Pew Research
***FILM
When Hollywood Went To Washington: The History Of Politics In Movies NPR
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
An explanation of Title IX and its Sexual Assault Protections
California, New York and other states have embraced Obama’s approach on campus sexual assault -- what happens if Trump reverses course? Inside Higher Ed
The Bad Science Behind Campus Response to Sexual Assault The Atlantic
Protecting Due Process in Sexual-Assault Cases on Campus Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HEALTH
How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction National Geographic
So Your Kitchen Sponge Is A Bacteria Hotbed. Here's What To Do NPR
Oxford University scientists gave African babies trial TB vaccine 'that did not work on monkeys' Telegraph
***SCIENCE
Could disruptive technologies also reform academia? eef
***PSYCHOLOGY
To put it bluntly, academic psychology’s public reputation seems to be in free fall Psychological Science
***HISTORY
What to Do When Nazis Are Obsessed With Your Field PS magazine
***RESEARCH
Peer Review in a World of “Alternative Facts” Scholarly Kitchen
How does one detect scientific fraud – but avoid false accusations? Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
To improve reproducibility, listen to graduate students and postdocs Naturejobs Blog
These Scientists Got To See Their Competitors’ Research Through Public Records Requests BuzzFeed
***HIGHER ED
Revoked admissions offer at Rochester raises questions about homeschooling transcripts Inside Higher Ed
Marchers protest 'Nashville Statement' at Moody Bible Institute Windy City
***TEACHING
Virtual desktops to give students access to popular professional software tools for the entirety of their academic career Chronicle of Higher Ed
**STUDENT MEDIA
Snapchat wants to get deeper into news, so it’s adding college newspapers to Discover Recode
What Title IX reform could mean for student journalists Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
For Students Imperiled by Trump’s DACA Rollback, a Scramble for Answers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Millennials mostly watch TV after it’s aired Recode
The hardest test of freshman year? Survival The Washington Post
Reed College course lectures canceled after student protesters interrupt class to protest Eurocentrism Inside Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Professors Arrested at DACA Protest The Crimson (Harvard Student newspaper) The Crimson