Articles of Interest - May 14
/***TECHNOLOGY
AI-Powered Baby Translator Wired
Researchers show Siri and Alexa can be exploited with ‘silent’ commands hidden in songs TechCrunch
Virtual reality gaming technology is being used to test for fear of heights and could save lives Quartz
Why learning to code won't save you from losing your job to a robot Tech Republic
Ticketmaster To Use Facial Recognition In Place of Tickets for Venue Entry Bleeping Computer
Google's 'Duplex' Raises Ethical Questions NPR
***BIG DATA & AI
How can we be sure AI will behave? Perhaps by watching it argue with itself MIT Technology Review
Google launches a machine learning software kit that makes it easier for mobile developers to incorporate machine learning into their apps Zdnet
Navigational AI spontaneously develops the equivalent of brain cells used by some mammals to track their location Quanta Magazine
A dozen easy to make data science mistakes CIO
***SOCIAL MEDIA
YouTubers are known for youthful exuberance. So what happens when one gets seriously ill? Washington Post
Facebook quietly rolls out issue ads policy Axios
Facebook, Social Media & the Social Contract Om Malik
How to handle a social media crisis MuckRack
Don’t Blame Phones for Narcissism: A new book argues that 2,500 years of culture have caused an outbreak of self-obsession The New Republic
Nobody Gives A Damn About Your Klout Score TechCrunch
***MOBILE
Cell phones at summer camp: Research explores the effects Science Daily
***PRODUCING MEDIA
This plug-in uses A.I. to create closed captions inside Premiere Pro Digital Trends
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Online advertising grew to $88B last year — more spending than TV TechCrunch
Fox to buy seven TV stations from Sinclair for about $910 million Reuters
Traditional TV is in Trouble New York Times
***JOURNALISM
When Spies Hack Journalism New York Times
How to Make it In Journalism, According to 4 Barrier-Breaking Latinas Remezcla
FX and New York Times partner for new series 'The Weekly'' CNN
Google’s news chief Richard Gingras: “We need to rethink journalism at every dimension” Harvard's Nieman Labs
Trump's latest shot at the press corps: 'Take away credentials?' CNN
The local-national news divide on Google and Facebook Axios
Why Do Journalists Call What They Produce ‘Pieces’? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Finding concussion data can be a headache for reporters Student Press Law Center
Covering rural America: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right Journalist’s Resources
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Can A New Business Model Save Small-Town Papers? NPR
This Is How a Newspaper Dies: It’s with a spasm of profits Politico
***FAKE NEWS
10 tips for verifying viral social media videos Poynter
Documents Reveal How Russian Official Courted Conservatives In U.S. Since 2009 NPR
Pope Francis Charges Journalists To Shun Fake News Independent
I Went to a Flat Earth Convention to Meet Flat Earthers Like My Mom Vice
This Facebook chatbot wants to help you stay ahead of fake news Poynter
Twitter Is The Place To Go For Fake New Science 2.0
***STUDENT MEDIA
How to protect journalism advisers from retaliation Student Press Law Center
Are barriers to reporting on sexual assault surmountable for student journalists? Student Press Law Center
Students’ survey highlights censorship of Christian college newspapers Religious News Service
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Learning from Envy Becoming (my blog)
***WRITING & READING
How to Become a Good Storyteller LifeHacker
7 Freelance Sites for Current and Future Writers Study Breaks
***LANGUAGE
How to change emotions with a word Science looks at the subtleties of semiotics Economist
The evolution of language? There's an app for that Phys.org
***LITERATURE
How America Invented ‘Young Adult’ Fiction for a New Kind of Teenager Zocal Public Square
8 of the Worst moms in Literature New York Times
***GENDER
Jordan Peterson’s crusade to save Masculinity Esquire
A database of female experts in political science #WomenAlsoKnowStuff
Woman who investigated discrimination at UVU says she was fired after looking into male administrators Salt Lake Tribune
Is Your Script Gender-Balanced? Try This Test New York Times
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Non-white scholars are underrepresented in scholarly articles in communications EurekAlert!
What a white guy with a black puppet taught South Africa about white privilege Quartz
Black people in NYC are 8 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites Vox
***FREE SPEECH
Press Freedom Is Under Fire In Southeast Asia NPR
Inside the ‘free speech’ debate that rocked a Wisconsin campus, with ripples across the country PBS
***LEGAL ISSUES
The Law Schools With The Most Unemployed Graduates Above the Law
A two-decades-long feud over what is in the public domain and what is not Hollywood Reporter
***ART & DESIGN
See the 2018 Underwater Photography of the Year award winners Underwater Photography
***MUSIC
'This Is America' - How Musicians Add Perspective To Social Issues The Denver Channel
***RELIGION
Protestants decline, more have no religion in a sharply shifting religious landscape ABC News
Mormon Church Announces End To 100-Year Relationship With Boy Scouts NPR
The Guardian view on US religion: the Christian right is breaking up The Guardian
Megachurch elders apologize for casting doubt on women’s allegations against founder Chicago Tribune
Brother Andrew Turns 90 Religious News Service
Jesus wasn't white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew. Here's why that matters BigThink
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
For evangelicals, Jerusalem is about prophecy, not politics (opinion) CNN
Mitt Romney calls pastor who delivered blessing at Jerusalem embassy opening 'religious bigot' Politico
Salem executives pressured radio hosts to cover Trump more positively, emails show CNN
An Evangelical Journalist finds His Calling at the White House New York Times
***STUDENT LIFE
Cornell University student presents thesis in bra, underwear to protest against 'oppressive beliefs' New York Daily News
TCU Students Suspended, Accused of Cheating Using Popular Study App Quizlet NBC-5 Dallas
Time Demands of Single Mother College Students and the Role of Child Care in their Postsecondary Success Institute for Women's Policy Research
AAUP Says U. of Nebraska Denied Due Process to Grad Student Who Heckled Activist Chronicle of Higher Ed
University of Florida suspends employee who pushed, constrained graduates Al.com
Many Republican Millennials differ with older party members on climate change and energy issues Pew Research
LGBTQ students at Christian colleges refuse to choose between sexuality and faith MLive
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
These are the 10 essential skills that will land you a job in digital media The Next Web
The Most Efficient Way to Keep Your Resume Up to Date LifeHacker
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
NBC Investigation Finds Employees Did Not Feel Comfortable Registering Complaints NPR
All the problems at NBC News aren’t just coincidence. They’re symptoms Washington Post
Female student accused of sexual misconduct sues University of Cincinnati The Hill
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Many countries suffer from shrinking working-age populations Economist
Software that detects human trafficking Economist
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Many results in microeconomics are shaky Economist
How mobile money is spreading Economist
Algorithms are making the same mistakes assessing credit scores that humans did a century ago Quartz
Mobile financial services are cornering the market Economist
The most important books for economists aren’t academic ones Quartz
Blockchain & Remittances Economist
***HEALTH
The Obesity Cure Is Out of Reach in the Heaviest States The Atlantic
Journal retracts paper claiming neurological damage from HPV vaccine Science Mag
Sticker Shock Jolts Oklahoma Patient: $15,076 For 4 Tiny Screws NPR
NIH Pushes for Personalized Medicine: Seeks Health Data of 1 Million People Washington Post
Adopt 5 Healthy Habits, Live 12 to 14 Years Longer New York Times
***FAMILY
Time’s interactive showing you what your name would be if you were born in different years TIME
The Baby-Name Trend That Unites America: In the past decade, new parents have fallen for vowels The Atlantic
7 facts about U.S. moms Pew Research Center
***SCIENCE
The thinking error at the root of science denial The Conversation
When Scientific Fraudsters Slip Through the Cracks: More could be done to weed out bad actors Undark
***PSYCHOLOGY
Can You Overdose on Happiness? The science and philosophy of deep brain stimulation Nautilus
Rates of depression diagnoses in the US, by gender (chart) The Atlas
Memory transferred between snails, challenging standard theory of how the brain remembers StatNews
***PHILOSOPHY
Jean-Paul Sartre was the original self-help guru Quartzy
7 Greek philosophers beyond Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle BigThink
***RESEARCH
The Most Cited Source on Wikipedia SlashDot
The [garbage in, garbage out] Peer Review problem Science-based Medicine
Avoiding the Guise of an Anonymous Review Earth & Space Science News
Thousands of machine-learning scientists have said that they will boycott a new closed-access Nature journal Inside Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
My university doesn't graduate politically correct snowflakes, that's fake news USA Today
What We Gain and Lose as Libraries Change Chronicle of Higher Ed
Missouri Senate Candidate blames higher ed for leftist ideology Columbia Tribune
Among the Hottest Job Markets on Campus: Police Officer Chronicle of Higher Ed
DeVos Moves to Loosen Restrictions on Federal Aid to Religious Colleges New York Times
Alumni: Inappropriate conduct at a Christian college went all the way to the top The State
Liberal students, colleges should learn from Liberty University's civility (opinion) The Hill
***ACADEMIC LIFE
How Not to Be an Academic in the Courtroom Chronicle of Higher Ed