Articles of Interest - Jan 8
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can't you put it down The Globe & Mail
There’s a reason using a period in a text message makes you sound angry Quartz
New Documents Underscore Problems of ‘Social Media Vetting’ of Immigrants ACLU
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The 50 Best Podcasts of 2017 The Atlantic
***INTERNET
Google's New Search Console Gives Up More Data -- 16 Months Worth Media Post
How a researcher hacked his own computer and found 'worst' chip flaw Reuters
***JOURNALISM
Targeted for Death, Journalists Take US to Court on Kill List Courthouse News
The Rising Wave of Nonprofit Journalism Nonprofit Quarterly
Reading List: Data Journalism Open Corporates
Show your work: The new terms for trust in journalism Press Think
Study: Competition between TV stations spurs investigative journalism CRJ
One year in, Facebook Journalism Project gets mixed reviews from publishers Digiday
Top 10 research studies on digital news, social media in 2017 Journalism Resources
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Fewer Americans rely on TV news; what type they watch varies by who they are Pew Research Center
How reader funding is helping save independent media across the world The Guardian
Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network BuzzFeed
Three reasons why journalism paywalls still don’t work Quartz
***JOURNALISM: THE POST MOVIE
The Post' Is A Crackling Newsroom Thriller With Electrifying Relevance NPR
As Trump Targets the Press, His White House Is Screening a Journalism Tribute The New York Times
Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham in 'The Post' can help fix #MeToo media damage USA Today
The Post Is an Urgent Reminder of How Much Journalism Matters. Especially Now TIME
***FAKE NEWS
Emmanuel Macron: French president announces 'fake news' law BBC
How Average People Fall For The Flat-Earth Conspiracy YouTube
How fake news plagued 2017 BBC
Some Real Data on Fake News Chronicle of Higher Ed
Fake News’: Wide Reach but Little Impact, Study Suggests The New York Times
This new guide is like a cookbook for investigating fake news Poynter
***TECHNOLOGY
Suspicious Spouses Monitor Partners Digitally, Divorce Lawyers Say NPR
Chess’s New Best Player Is A Fearless, Swashbuckling Algorithm FiveThirtyEight
***BIG DATA & AI
4 must have skills every data scientist should learn Hackernoon
Operationalizing data science—that is, hardening the ops behind data science platforms Inside Data Science
Google’s new option cloud computing users: discount processing (with a couple of limitations) ZdNet
Digital Twins isn't completely new but it is a useful major enabler of event processing Data Science Central
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Farewell To AM Radio, In The U.K. RBR
***PERSONAL GROWTH
We Seek Familiarity Becoming (my blog)
***WRITING & READING
10 Common Grant-Writing Mistakes Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
Word(s) of the Year 2017 Chronicle of Higher Ed
Language classes in the US are finally useful Quartz
***LITERATURE
***GENDER
Disequilibrium in Gender Ratios among Authors who Contributed Equally BioRxiv
Female professors are asked for favors more often than male professors Science Daily
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Lecturer’s Critique of Whiteness Crossed the Line Into Harassment, State Investigation Finds Chronicle of Higher Ed
Supreme Court sides with death row inmate over racist juror claim Reuters
***LEGAL ISSUES
Arrest of "citizen journalist" raises larger questions about free speech and press freedoms Texas Monthly
Lawyer Who Orchestrated Citizen Journalist's Arrest Appointed to Superior Court Bench National Law Review
Woman who accused Roy Moore of unwanted sexual contact sues him for defamation The Washington Post
***RELIGION
The Unlikely Crackup of Evangelicalism: The problems are real—but exaggerated Christian Today
Thomas Monson, President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 90 Reuters
Nearly one-third of ‘evangelicals’ don’t follow generally held beliefs The Alabama Baptist
FEMA allows churches to apply retroactively for disaster aid Reuters
Biggest Mennonite Conference Leaves Denomination Christianity Today
Unraveling the Mysteries of Heaven's Gate Voice of San Diego
Deep Differences Remain Between Mormon And Evangelical Communities NPR
Memphis mega-church Pastor Accused of sexual assault Fox 13
Evangelicalism is spreading among the Chinese of South-East Asia Economist
How Jim and Tammy Bakker's religious Ponzi scheme collapsed (book review) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
***ART & DESIGN
High Museum Of Art In Atlanta Promotes Diversity, Increases Nonwhite Visitors NPR
Personal Data Safety: The Biggest Breaches In the Last Decade Daily Infographic
***STUDENT MEDIA
UWM Profs, Staff Accused of Sexual Assault & Harassment But Details Hidden Media Milwaukee
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Will anyone employ media heavyweights canned for sexual harassment? Poynter
Anniston Star's ex-publisher spanked female employees in the 1970s, reports say AL.com
NPR Investigation Finds Hidden Epidemic Of Sexual Assault NPR
***ENVIRONMENT
Explore lightly': Palau makes all visitors sign pledge to respect environment The Guardian
***HEALTH
Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why The New York Times
Life expectancy in America has declined for two years in a row Economist
***SCIENCE
Violence against scientists is rare in the United States, but occurred at least three times in 2016 AAPL
The Replication Crisis in Science The Wire
***NEUROSCIENCE
Brain-computer interfaces: How brains and machines can be made to work together Economist
Reading the brain from the outside: Can brain activity be deciphered without opening up the skull? Economist
How obstacles to workable brain-computer interfaces may be overcome Economist
***ETHICS
Integrity goes beyond avoiding misconduct, and scientific integrity has a wider domain than research integrity Taylor & Francis Online
***RESEARCH
Why scientists need to do more about research fraud The Guardian
Research abstracts are commonly inconsistent with their corresponding full reports and thus misleading readers BMC Medical Research Methodology
Librarians offer a guide to understanding retractions College & Research Libraries News
The UK’s Research Excellence Framework “forces academics to produce scholarship in greater quantity but of poorer quality” Times Higher Ed
An analysis of a paper’s revision history and turnaround time, and the effect on citation Springer
***HIGHER ED
Most big public colleges don't track suicides, AP finds Associated Press
Gay Wedding Costs College Pastor Her Job Inside Higher Ed
University Will Again Try to Become a Nonprofit Chronicle of Higher Ed
University announces plans to sell radio station Andersonian
Moody Bible Institute Lays off one-third of Faculty, Faces Low Student Enrollment Christian Post
Moody Bible Institute Facing Unprecedented Crisis Julie Roys Blog
***TEACHING
Teaching Newsletter: Don’t Run From Emotions in the Classroom Chronicle of Higher Ed
Teaching the Literature Survey Course Inside Higher Ed
The Chronicle’s Best Ideas for Teaching, 2017 Chronicle of Higher Ed
Desktop Automation Chronicle of Higher Ed
How to Reach Out to First-Generation Students Chronicle of Higher Ed
Yes, We Should Teach Character (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Students Identify With 50-Year-Old Supreme Court Case NPR
President Trump Throws College Republicans Into Disarray The Atlantic
Berkeley student arrested by Border Patrol while visiting girlfriend in Chula Vista Union-Tribune
Millennials And The Economy NPR
***ACADEMIC LIFE
When is it appropriate for a professor to talk about a former student Washington Post
UCLA lecturer who lost his job has gained another wrinkle: A graduate student who argued on his behalf also lost his position and is claiming retaliation by administrators Chronicle of Higher Ed