Articles of Interest - April 3
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Raising The Snapchat And Instagram Generation Fast Company
Snapchat is becoming a search engine more like Facebook Quartz
Twitter tweaks replies, giving users more characters PR Daily
Inside Snapchat’s Identity Crisis Vanity Fair
Twitter is ditching the egg avatar USA Today
***TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk’s Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse Vanity Fair
Deep neural networks can now transfer the style of one photo onto another The Verge
Cyborgs at work: employees getting implanted with microchips Associated Press
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
How to avoid common mistakes when thinking about statistics, probability and risk The Conversation
What the Dark Web is.. and what it isn’t Smart Data Collective
NPR: “Left unchecked” machine learning “could create all sorts of unintended bias” NPR
Employers are struggling to hire workers who understand Data Science according to new report Inside Higher Ed
Hackathon this weekend to “use #DataScience skills to make a positive impact in the world” GeekWire
A day in the life of a AI company data scientist: “A lot of my time is spent thinking about stuff” econsultancy
***ART & DESIGN
How To Use White Space In Web Design Medium
Google’s New Font Honors Ancient Type Traditions Wired
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
A reporter in a rural district of India uses WhatsApp to broadcast local news — and makes money doing it Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***JOURNALISM
I taught my 5th-graders how to spot fake news. Now they won’t stop fact-checking me Vox
Fox News and Al Jazeera were the top Facebook publishers in February Fast Company
How Facebook and other platform companies promote bad journalism — and what to do about it Poynter
Mexican newspaper shuts down because of violence against journalists The Week
***FAKE NEWS
The Independent launches 5-person team dedicated to debunking fake news Digiday
How Russian Twitter Bots Pumped Out Fake News During The 2016 Election NPR
This Is Not Fake News (but Don’t Go by the Headline) New York Times
***PERSONAL GROWTH
What Growth Requires Becoming (my site)
***GRAMMAR
Don’t work overtime: The final word on the Oxford comma Columbia Journalism Review
***LANGUAGE
Merriam Webster editor on her new book — and why dictionaries matter Entertainment Weekly
AAUP report says adjunct professor was likely fired insisting rigor courses Inside Higher Ed
Trump’s Speeches Are Helping People Learn English. Really Wired
***LITERATURE
Aiming big Data at Literature NPR
The Empathy Effect: Two researchers' say the impact of reading literary fiction is missing from American political life Chronicle of Higher Ed
Flannery O’Connor’s Moments of Grace Daily Jstor
***GENDER
Equal Pay for Men and Women? Iceland Wants Employers to Prove It New York Times
He Keeps Calling Us ‘Females’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Vice President Pence’s “never dine alone with a woman” rule isn’t honorable. It’s probably illegal Vox
Newsrooms should follow two simple rules for reporting on women’s bodies Columbia Journalism Review
The narrowing, but persistent, gender gap in pay Pew Research Center
***DIVERSITY
Wall Street Journal staffers signed a letter criticizing the control white men have over the newsroom Business Insider
Faculty ‘Diversity Statements’ Are Being Called Threats to Academic Freedom Chronicle of Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
Judge to Trump: No protection for speech inciting violence The Washington Post
A student says school officials stopped him from handing out copies of the Constitution. Now he’s suing Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Disability Standards In Death Row Cases NPR
Appeals court sides with U of New Mexico in case of student who said she was booted from a class for critiquing lesbianism (judges say professors have right to make decisions about what kind of speech is appropriate for academic setting) Inside Higher Ed
***RELIGION
Which Hipster Megachurch Is Right for You? New York Magazine
Beyond The Mike Pence Misogyny Debate, The 3 'Billy Graham Rules' You Haven't Read NPR
Still no sign of leader for White House faith partnership office Religion News Service
***HEALTH
***PSYCHOLOGY
Survey of campus counseling centers finds increased demand for services, as well as additional positions and more diversity in hiring Inside Higher Ed
A brief overview of neuroscience from a statistician working in the field LinkedIn
WHO: Depression Is Now Leading Cause of Ill Health Worldwide Science of Us
Why Millennials Are Struggling With Mental Health At Work Forbes
The Backfire Effect Daily Jstor
***PHILOSOPHY
Søren Kierkegaard: A Free Online Course Open Culture
***RESEARCH
It's not just you: science papers are getting harder to read Nature News
Academics shouldn't focus only on prestigious journals (essay) Inside Higher Ed
As a Reviewer, Each Review is Yours, and Sometimes It Should Be Everyone’s Science Editor
The Economist explains: The problem with scientific publishing The Economist
***HIGHER ED
Here’s a Map of ‘Free College’ Programs Nationwide Chronicle of Higher Ed
Rollins College Controversy Described as 'Fake News Snopes
At U-Va., a ‘watch list’ flags VIP applicants for special handling Washington Post
How to Reduce the Cost of College Textbooks The Scholarly Kitchen
Christian professors circulate letter pledging support marginalized and vulnerable Inside Higher Ed
How taxpayers pay for religious education Indianapolis Star
***TEACHING
A learning strategy has shown clear results (excerpt from “Learn Better”) Wired
***ONLINE CLASSES
680 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) Getting Started in April Open Culture
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Eyewitness to a Title IX Witch Trial Chronicle of Higher Ed
Frustrated Texas senators call for transparency from Baylor after rape scandal Texas Tribune
Victim in Vanderbilt Rape Case Is Shocked That a Suspect Is Speaking on Campuses Chronicle of Higher Ed
Study: Young people still don't completely understand what constitutes sexual assault USA Today
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Report says adjunct professor was likely fired insisting rigor courses Inside Higher Ed
University Seeks to Revoke Tenure of 5 Professors Detroit News
Developing policies to Support academic freedom in the digital era Chronicle of Higher Ed
She called Trump’s election an ‘act of terrorism.’ Now she’s faculty member of the year Washington Post
***STUDENT LIFE
Christian Student in Florida Is Suspended After Dispute With Muslim Professor Orlando Sentinel
College kids are taking the 'dating' out of 'dating apps' Mashable
White millennials are the most apathetic about the American Dream, a new study shows Quartz
Chick-fil-A is cooler than Vice among teens, according to a new Google report titled ‘It’s Lit’ Recode
U.S. District Court affirms First Amendment right to complain in rejecting motion to dismiss former student's complaint Student Press Law Center