Articles of Interest - Aug 6
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Has Identified Ongoing Political Influence Campaign MSNBC
France passes a new law banning smartphones in schools The Next Web
What Counts as a Video View on Social Media? Ad Week
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
The State Of Election Security Ahead Of Midterms NPR
Inside Russia's invasion of the U.S. electric grid Axios
***PRODUCING MEDIA
A zine about how to start a podcast Alex Laughin Blog
Annemarie Dooling on what she learned while transforming Vox’s newsletter strategy Really Good Emails
10 ways to craft compelling Snapchat and Instagram Stories PR Daily
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Yahoo Finance launching live video streaming network this year Axios
After Reportedly Losing $120 Million Last Year, Condé Nast Will Sell 3 of Its Titles Ad Week
***JOURNALISM
Trust in mainstream American newspapers has grown, even among conservatives Economist
What Journalists Can Learn from Organizers: A Guide Free Press
Should you major in journalism? Here are stories from eight working journalists who didn’t Harvard’s Nieman Lab
When Public Records Aren’t Public ProPublica
Google, working with news orgs like ProPublica, will return more datasets in search results Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Newsroom employment dropped nearly a quarter in less than 10 years Pew Research Center
The investigations and reporting of BuzzFeed News — *not* BuzzFeed — are now at their own BuzzFeedNews.com Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS: QANON
It's Looking Extremely Likely That QAnon Is A Leftist Prank On Trump Supporters BuzzFeed News
What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory The Guardian
QAnon: The Conspiracy Theorist Group That Appears At Trump Rallies NPR
***FAKE NEWS
Alex Jones faces existential courtroom battle over limits of fake news My Stateman
Why We’re Sharing 3 Million Russian Troll Tweets FiveThirtyEight
Snopes fired its managing editor — and she doesn't know why Poynter
Here's how the U.K. plans to tackle fake news Poynter
The ACLU On Facebook's Fake Page Removals NPR
Why Do We Share Fake News? Illusion of More
Fighting fake news is a losing battle, but there are other ways to win the war Monday Note
What Does This Professor Know About Conspiracy Theorists That We Don’t? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Denialism & Science Becoming (my blog)
Do you see a duck or a rabbit: just what is aspect perception? Aeon
***GRAMMAR
The commas that cost companies millions BBC
Those vexatious commas Baltimore Sun
***WRITING & READING
Listening isn't reading, but audiobooks still resonate Wired
The art of buying books and never reading them BBC
How technology shapes the way we read Wired
How my smartphone revived the purity of reading Wired
***LANGUAGE
Most European students are learning a foreign language in school while Americans lag Pew Research Center
Can Language Slow Down Time BBC
***LITERATURE
A Hemingway War Story Sees Print for the First Time The New York Times
Emotions found in classic literature help us understand the universality of the human condition State Press
***GENDER
How women’s magazines are getting political Bloomberg
Is Bannon right that white, college-educated women have given up on Republicans? Washington Post
“The Matilda Effect”: How Pioneering Women Scientists Have Been Denied Recognition and Written Out of Science History Open Culture
Using artificial intelligence to fix Wikipedia's gender problem Wired
Nationwide, male doctors get paid $100,000 more than female doctors Vox
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Even black robots are impacted by racism Fast Company
Was It Racist for a Judge to Dismiss a Copyright Lawsuit Targeting Fox's 'Empire'? Hollywood Reporter
***FREE SPEECH
Fired FAU professor declares it’s his right to call Sandy Hook a hoax My Palm Beach Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Legal Issues in Podcasting (particularly for broadcasters) David Oxeford Broadcast Law Blog
***TECHNOLOGY
Michigan researchers develop new computer chip using circuits that remember how much charge has gone through them - that cuts power consumption by 100x University of Michigan
Eight states sue to reverse administration settlement that would allow people to download blueprints to 3D-print AR-15 rifles at home Associated Press
***BIG DATA & AI
Methods 101: What are nonprobability surveys? (video) Pew Research Center
Major quantum computing advance made obsolete by teen who proves that ordinary computers can solve an important computing problem Quanta Magazine
***RELIGION
Donors Pay for Gay Valedictorian to attend College after he was Rejected by his Christian parents Washington Post
United Methodists debate, lobby and worry in advance of LGBT decision Religious News Service
Prosperity Gospel Taught to 4 in 10 Evangelical Churchgoers Christianity Today
What the early church thought about God’s gender The Conversation
Why Americans Go (and Don’t Go) to Religious Services Pew Research Center
Jared Kushner Used To Personally Order The Deletion Of Stories At His Newspaper BuzzFeed News
San Diego Rock Church buys former strip club in Midway District 10News
***RELIGION & SEXUAL ABUSE
He’s a Superstar Pastor: She Worked for Him and Says He Groped Her Repeatedly New York Times
Pa. supreme court OKs release of interim report naming 300 'predator priests' PennLive
Prominent NYC megachurch, Redeemer Church, quietly fired pastor David Kim for sexual abuse WatchKeep
Pastor and “Creation Festival” Founder Gets 18 Years for Sexually Abusing Kids Star Tribune
Teaching pastor resigns over Willow Creek’s handling of allegations against Bill Hybels Chicago Tribune
***GOOD NEWS
40 Employees At This California Hospital Lost Their Homes In The Carr Fire: They Showed Up To Work Anyway Buzzfeed News
This man ran the entire route of the Tour de France to raise money for mental health SB Nation
Cops save toddler from choking on chicken nugget Sun Sentinel
***ART & DESIGN
25+ Geometric Tattoos Teeming With Sacred Symbols and Meanings My Modern Met
Creative Interactive Article: See America’s New Ellis Island: A South Texas Bus Terminal New York Times
Van Gogh’s Art Now Adorns Vans Shoes Open Culture
What I learned from 200 design interviews Medium
***MUSIC
A style of music played on the guitar that pretty much no one listens to except guitar players Populla
What Makes a Hit 60 Years of #1 Songs Columbia Business School
***FILM
Study finds almost no increase in diversity in popular films over the last decade Mashable
Justice Dept. to review 70-year-old movie industry antitrust rules LA Business Journal
***JOBS
These Free Online Courses From Google to Boost Your Career Inc.
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Her Mormon college upheld her sex-assault complaint — but kicked her out anyway Salt Lake Tribune
Diocese names 71 accused of child sex abuse, blames bishops Associated Press
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Chinese professor forced off live TV by police CNN
***SOCIAL ISSUES
One chart that shows how much worse income inequality is in America than Europe Vox
Americans are now spending 11 hours each day consuming media Quartz
How companies make millions charging prisoners to send an email Wired
Police kill about 3 men per day in the US, according to new study The Conversation
The Outsize Hold of the Word ‘Welfare’ on the Public Imagination New York Times
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
How to lead like Abraham Lincoln Quartz
I Read the 1936 Book That Launched Warren Buffett's Career and It's Truly Inspiring Inc
***ENVIRONMENT
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Teenagers’ Climate Lawsuit Bloomberg
That’s Not Algae Swirling on the Beach. Those Are Green Worms (and no one knows why) New York Times
***HEALTH
Could a blood test lead to new treatments for depression Health News Review
An Appalachian odyssey: Hunting for ALS genes along a sprawling family tree Stat News
***FAMILY
The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America New York Times
***TRAVEL
The most relaxing vacation you can take is going nowhere at all Quartz
***SCIENCE
What Would Happen If the Earth Turned Into Blueberries? Thanks to a New Paper, Now We Know Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Value of Criticism in science Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science Andrew Gelman Blog
Beyond #FakeScience: how to overcome shallow certainty in scholarly communication London School of Economics and Political Science
Anti-Vaccine Activists Have Taken Vaccine Science Hostage New York Times
Can Science Save Politics? Or Will Politics Ruin Science? FiveThirtyEight
***PSYCHOLOGY
There Is More to Behavioral Economics Than Biases and Fallacies Behavioral Scientist
Psychology's New Normal? Data Badges Center for Open Science
Cognitive Biases and the Human Brain The Atlantic
Mental health: depression and anxiety in young mothers is up by 50% in a generation The Conversation
***NEUROSCIENCE
How the brain transforms vision into action Stat News
***PRODUCTIVITY
10 Things That Steal Our Motivation—and How to Get It Back Shine
Knowing when to quit a project Journalists.org
For maximum recharge, take a Wednesday off Quartz
The 25 Best Productivity Apps in 2018 Zapier
***RESEARCH
These Professors Don’t Work for a Predatory Publisher. It Keeps Claiming They Do Chronicle of Higher Ed
Should I be proud of my h index? Eco-Evo Evo-Eco
Little White Lies in Healthcare Publishing Scholarly Kitchen
Retraction Watch leaderboard: it now takes 38 retractions to get into the top 10 Retraction Watch
What is the value of the peer‐reviewing system? (opinion) Wiley Online Library
***HIGHER ED
Over 11 million US adults live in an education desert Flowing Data
What do top colleges have against transfer students? (opinion) Washington Post
Malcolm Gladwell: Rich Americans contribute too much money on 'meaningless education' CNBC
Ethical questions from the use of big data for student success Chronicle of Higher Ed
Baylor reform group calls on regents to resign KWTX
Christian student group sues U of Iowa, incites debate on religious freedom Inside Higher Ed
Catholic College sued for defrauding Sodexo of $1.35 million JC Online
***TEACHING
How New Classrooms Can Help Professors Think More Deeply About Teaching Chronicle of Higher Ed
New Trigger Warnings Study Confirms Potential Harm to Students National Coalition Against Censorship
How New Classrooms Can Help Professors Think More Deeply About Teaching Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
Poynter, Koch Foundation expand impact in year two of program for college journalists Poynter
Five tips for reporting on hiring searches for administrators Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
'Google-it' mentality leaves school leavers unprepared for university, survey finds Telegraph
Poll: young Americans are looking for young leaders - and are pessimistic about the current state of politics Associated Press
The Gaping Divide Over Student Debt (opinion) New Republic