Articles of Interest - July 30
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram Rich List 2018 Hopper HQ
Twitter wants to know why Twitter is so toxic Fast Company
Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason Quartz
Tracking Facebook’s fortunes in six charts Reuters
Oliver takes on Facebook (video) John Oliver
***PRIVACY
Was it ethical for Dropbox to share customer data with scientists? Wired
TSA surveillance program tracking American citizens not suspected of any crimes CBS News
***INTERNET
Is a meme born in a private account still a meme? Wired
IoT Is Here: Internet Of Things Eclipses The Internet Of People Investors
***DIGITAL SECURITY
Former Trump official: No one 'minding the store' at White House on cyberthreats Yahoo News
We have the first documented case of Russian hacking in the 2018 election Vox
***TECHNOLOGY
Canada is using ancestry DNA websites to help it deport people Vice
All the Things Satellites Can Now See From Space Bloomberg
***TECH SECURITY
Hackers break into voting machines within 2 hours at Defcon CBS News
Russians Are Targeting Private Election Companies, Too — And States Aren’t Doing Much About It FiveThirtyEight
***BIG DATA & AI
Choosing between Python and R Programming languages for Data Science Noteworthy, The Journal Blog
Linking Spatial Analysis across Disciplines with R Directions Mag
Combining design instincts with data interpretation and analysis UxDesign***JOURNALISM
I reported alongside soldiers in foxholes: The president can’t take that away Washington Post
How spies and investigative reporters think alike International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Teens Are Debating the News on Instagram More teenagers are getting their information from so-called flop accounts The Atlantic
More than two dozen resources journalists can use for mentoring, sourcing, invoicing and more Poynter
What is the most effective way to develop sources? A senior reporter answers iNews Source
***JOURNALISM & POLITICS
Trump Asked To Reconsider Anti-Media Talk Associated Press
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Guardian Media Group digital revenues outstrip print for first time The Guardian
About a third of large U.S. newspapers have suffered layoffs since 2017 Pew Research Center
McClatchy records another big revenue drop and a loss for the second quarter Poynter
***JOURNALISM OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Why Bolivia’s oldest journalist association went digital to defend press freedom Medium
BBC experiments with new virtual studio to better explain the news to young people across Africa Journalism.co
Six Journalism Startups Illustrating the Unique Pressures Driving Media Innovation in Europe Nieman Reports
***LOCAL NEWS
Local news sites rise as newspapers face cuts Axios
Who suffers when local news disappears Columbia Journalism Review
Neutral feelings about local news present opportunity to build trust NewsCo/Lab
***FAKE NEWS
How Facebook could dodge fake news land mines Axios
Trump: Black is White, “What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening” New York Times
How to Teach Information Literacy in an Era of Lies Chronicle of Higher Ed
When fact-checkers are the subjects of misinformation Poynter
The 'guerrilla' Wikipedia editors who combat conspiracy theories Wired
Shadow politics: meet the digital sleuth exposing fake news Wired
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Is it Relatable? When "relatability" becomes the sole interpretive lens Becoming (my blog)
Stats reveal how generous Americans are with their time CNN
How being 30-years-old has changed over the last 50 years Axios
***GRAMMAR
Grammar purity is one big Ponzi scheme LitHub
“Akron, Ohio resident” or “Akron, Ohio, resident.” Do you need a comma? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
Irony Makes Its Mark Chronicle of Higher Ed
We asked, you delivered: Your writing tips — and one reporting tip Poynter
***PLAGIARISM
Inspiration or plagiarism? Writing hackles raised in Boston Book Festival story program Boston Globe
News & Observer found 14 cases of ‘plagiarism or inadequate attribution’ iMediaEthics
***LANGUAGE
Justice Department: Use 'illegal aliens,' not 'undocumented' CNN
Chart: The Most Difficult Languages To Learn For English Speakers Statista
***LITERATURE
The Autobiography of Malcolm X sold at auction to NY Public Library CNN
Forbes deleted a deeply misinformed op-ed arguing Amazon should replace libraries Quartz
What Exactly is Jane Austen’s Sanditon? Daily Jstor
***GENDER
Women poised to overtake white men among House Democrats Axios
A new study finds that while the proper restrooms are important to transgender students, they want much more to feel comfortable on their campuses Inside Higher Ed
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
How Elite Schools Stay So White New York Times
Asian-American influencers make their mark on the US mainstream Nielsen
What’s an Anti-Semite? It Depends on Which Politician You Ask Chronicle of Higher Ed
NJ Radio Station Suspends 2 Hosts for Calling Sikh Attorney General ‘Turban Man’ iMediaEthics
Why It's Time To Retire The Disparaging Term 'White Trash' NPR
***LEGAL ISSUES
A sarcastic comment on a meme about guns leads to an arrest and then a lawsuit: An appeals court took the commenter’s side Tech & Marketing Law Blog
GoDaddy & Instagram Avoid Liability for Users’ Photos of Knockoff Goods Tech & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Shoppers with Strong Religious Beliefs Spend Less and Make Fewer Impulse Purchases Harvard Business Review
Black Millennials are more religious than other Millennials Pew Research Center
Artificial Intelligence Shows Why Atheism Is Unpopular The Atlantic
An online church for gamers: Va. pastor draws thousands to worship on Twitch Washington Post
Pope Francis accepted the resignation a top church official in the US Roman Catholic Church, amid a widening sexual abuse scandal Associated Press
Black, white churches merge in Florence, South Carolina SC News
Trump's religious freedom squad promises to deliver Politico
***GOOD NEWS
Mr. Rogers was my actual neighbor. He was everything he was on TV and more Vox
Bus Driver Stops Route So He Can Help Blind Passenger Maneuver Road Work Fox 6
Hiker Fights Snow, Rain and Rough Terrain to Carry Injured Lost Dog Down Mountain to Safety MSNBC
Homeless man lands a job thanks to a police officer's good deed MSNBC
***ART & DESIGN
See the Best iPhone Photos of 2018 Fortune
Designing with Data Interpreting and Analyzing Data as a Designer Undesign
Is the US leaning red or blue? Different election maps suggest different stories Wired
***MUSIC
What a music conductor actually does on stage (video) Vox
What is ASMR? Open Culture
***FILM
American vs. European views of sex and violence Quartz ***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials talk millennials: why we're unique Nielsen
Georgia Southern releases statement regarding student's use of racial slur gone viral The George-Anne
Campus newsrooms rethink their approach to race Christian Science Monitor
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
In Kentucky, A 'Culture Of Indifference' To Sexual Harassment In Prisons NPR
How a Rant Against Short Shorts Overturned the ‘Good Ol’ Turtle Boy Club’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Sexual Harassment (video) John Oliver
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The enormous number of unsolved murders in America Washington Post
Interactive map of the 2016 election Political Bubbles New York Times
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Your Business’s Financial Statements 101 Daily Infographic
Why Europeans Have Such Long Summer Vacations Daily Jstor
Unproductive Meetings Cost U.S. Companies $9 Billion Annually Daily Infographic
***ENVIRONMENT
Here's How Bad The Heat Has Been Around The World Digg
Why California Goes its own way on the Environment Bloomberg
***HEALTH
U.S. Smoking Rate Hits New Low at 16% Gallup
Marines Who Fired Rocket Launchers Now Worry About Their Brains NPR
Hospitals know how to protect mothers: They just aren’t doing it USA Today
Fool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health and the planet The Guardian
Vox is clear about drawbacks of new endometriosis drug Health News Review
***HEALTH: EATING & DRINKING
What 1,500 Calories Looks Like at 25 Fast Food Chains Daily Infographic
Yelp adds health inspection scores for restaurants, and restaurateurs are not happy Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2018/07/24/yelp-adds-health-inspection-scores-for-restaurants-and-restaurateurs-are-not-happy/
***HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
IBM Watson Reportedly Recommended Cancer Treatments That Were 'Unsafe and Incorrect' Gizmodo
How Does HIPAA Apply to Wearable Health Technology? Health IT Security
***HEALTH RESEARCH
New Alzheimer's Drug Slows Memory Loss in Early Trial Results CNN
Can gene therapy halt diseases in babies before they’re even born? Stat News
***FAMILY
Judge Orders Government to find “missing parents” MCNBC
People Shared The Biggest Mistakes They Made During The First Year Of Parenthood BuzzFeed News
463 Migrant Parents May Have Been Deported Without Their Kids New York Magazine
Why parents shouldn't force food on picky children, according to a new study Newsweek
***PSYCHOLOGY
A Person Can Instantly Blossom into a Savant--and No One Knows Why Scientific American
Why Being Nice at Work Can Backfire Badly, According to Psychology Inc Magazine
U.S. psychology group set to modify rules on interactions with military detainees Science Mag
11 Psychology Experiments That Went Horribly Wrong Reader’s Digest
Your dog and cat wish they could tell you this Washington Post
***NEUROSCIENCE
Why are there so many suckers? A neuropsychologist explains The Conversation
Strange Stories of Extraordinary Brains—and What We Can Learn From Them (paywall) Wall Street Journal
***PHILOSOPHY
What Is Stoicism? A Short Introduction to the Ancient Philosophy That Can Help You Cope with Our Modern Times Open Culture
Why cosmology without philosophy is like a ship without a hull Aeon
***HISTORY
He found 15 books in a dumpster: Then he found out they belonged to Thomas Jefferson Sacramento Bee
The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial Pitted Science Against Religion: Watch Rare Footage history.com
***ETHICS
Public Views of Gene Editing for Babies Depend on How It Would Be Used Pew Research Center
***RESEARCH
Two Researchers Challenged a Scientific Study About Violent Video Games—and Took a Hit for Being Right Motherboard
Should computer science peer reviewers weight negative societal consequences? Nature
What does it mean to “take responsibility for” a paper? Scientist Sees Squirrel
I got a hoax academic paper about how UK politicians wipe their bums published The Conversation
Should We Rethink the Way We Evaluate Research? The Wire
Should basic research on humans follow the same rules as studies testing drugs? Science Magazine
The gap of scientific authority over research assessment is being filled by database providers London School of Economics & Political Science
Has the tide turned towards responsible metrics in research? The Guardian
Why highly cited articles are not highly tweeted? A biology case Springer
The Role of Theory in Research Elife Science
The 10 most common mistakes when choosing a title for your paper Peer J Blog
How important is it to present at conferences early in one’s career? The Research Whisperer
***HIGHER ED
Attorney general Jeff Sessions: Colleges Are Creating ‘a Generation of Sanctimonious, Sensitive, Supercilious Snowflakes,’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Private-College Closures at 11 Per Year Inside Higher Ed
Colleges encouraged to split with ICE Chicago Sun-Times
Republicans and Democrats Both Think Higher Ed’s on the Wrong Track — for Very Different Reasons Chronicle of Higher Ed
Georgia Tech mistakenly releases data about nearly 8,000 students Atlanta Journal-Constitution
***HUMANITIES
***TEACHING
Can you accurately predict educational outcome from DNA? The Results of an Enormous Gene Study The Atlantic
New study shows that splitting attention between lecture and cellphone or laptop use hinders long-term retention-and other students suffer Inside Higher Ed
How to Prepare for Class Without Overpreparing Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
On the breadth of faculty job applications Small Pond Science
Jury Finds Columbia Business Professor Liable for Retaliation Against Female Ex-Colleague New York Law Journal