Articles of Interest - Feb 5
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Here's How Much Instagram Likes Influence Millennials' Choice Of Travel Destinations Forbes
NY State Attorney General On Why He's Going After Fake Social Media Accounts NPR
Newsrooms welcome Facebook's new local news emphasis, but remain wary of its effect Poynter
Public Enemies: Social Media Is Fueling Gang Wars in Chicago Wired
These Social Media Trends Are On The Rise In 2018 Daily Infographic
***JOURNALISM
Would you care if this feature had been written by a robot? BBC
Eddie Adams' iconic Vietnam War photo: What happened next BBC
Know your Journalism Rights: Social media RTNDA
California Congressman introduces Journalism Protection Act to counteract Trump era KTVU-TV
Journalists are fleeing for their lives in Mexico. There are few havens LA Times
***FAKE NEWS
In An Era Of Fake News, Advancing Face-Swap Apps Blur More Lines NPR
'Fake news factories' date back to the 1800s Business Insider
'Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth The Guardian
***PRODUCING MEDIA
5 Types of Videos That Will Make Your Brand Stand Out Video Strategist
***INTERNET
Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking Propublica
***BIG DATA & AI
Artificial intelligence is rewiring the news and information ecosystem in novel and unexpected Policy Options
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self Becoming (my blog)
***LANGUAGE
Oxford English Dictionary adds new words for mansplainers and snowflakes alike LA Times
The Backward Index — A Clever Pre-Digital Dictionary Hack Scholarly Kitchen
Fascinating Etymology Charts Show How Very Unexpected Sets Of Words Are Related Digg
The 36 Letters of the English Alphabet Scholarly Kitchen
***LITERATURE
George Orwell Creates a List of the Four Essential Reasons Writers Write Open Culture
How Alexander Pushkin Was Inspired By His African Heritage Jstor
A Peek at Famous Readers’ Borrowing Records From a Private New York Library Atlas Obscura
***GENDER
Elizabeth Blackwell: Google honors the first female doctor in the US Quartz
***FREE SPEECH
President of Nebraska professors group resigns amid UNL free speech fracas Omaha
Texas Lawmakers Weigh the Limits of Free Speech on Campus: backlash to a controversial “whiteness” column in the campus newspaper The Chronicle of Higher Education
***LEGAL ISSUES
Dr. Phil Prepares for What Could Be the Strangest Copyright Trial Ever Hollywood Reporter
***REALLY?
Swiss university to offer yodeling degree BBC
***RELIGION
A 'Passion of the Christ' Sequel Is in the Works Hollywood
Kenneth Copeland's appearances at a South Carolina Army Base sparks protests WIS-TV
Nick Foles plans to become a pastor after football career WTXF
This Pastor Is Putting His Faith in a Virtual Reality Church Wired
Televangelist Gloria Copeland Tells viewers not to get a flu shot YouTube
In a tough sports town, baptisms and Bible studies fuel many of the Eagles’ stars Washington Post
New study of Millennials and GenZ points to a “massive religious realignment” in America (opinion) Religious News Service
***ART & DESIGN
What my color-blindness taught me about design UX Design Collective
***MUSIC
Hip-hop’s influence and the growth of music streaming mean genres are being broken down Economist
Surfin' Bird History: A Novelty Hit With Wings Tedium
The science behind sound reproduction and the man whose gift he made to the world will continue that mission for the foreseeable future (podcast) Twenty Thousand Hertz
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Students With Disabilities Are Largely Ignored by Colleges’ Assault Prevention, Study Finds The Chronicle of Higher Education
Should Churches Handle Sexual Abuse Allegations Internally? Christianity Today
Women in Congress address sexual misconduct on Facebook more than men Pew Research Center
I lost my church because we were advocating for victims of sexual assault within the evangelical community: Written by the First Victim to Report Larry Nassar Christianity Today
Student sues UT to stop sexual misconduct disciplinary hearing Statesman
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Academics should be collaborating, not competing for pseudoscientific rankings Ummid
Kansas chemistry instructor arrested by ICE while taking his daughter to school Kansas City
***HEALTH
How Math (and Vaccines) Keep You Safe From the Flu Quanta Magazine
***FAMILY
Genes play a role in the likelihood of divorce Economist
***ETHICS
Test how moral (or immoral) you are with this utilitarian philosophy quiz Quatz
***CRITICAL THINKING
The Cognitive Biases That Convince You the World Is Falling Apart LifeHacker
***PSYCHOLOGY
Your friends’ brains process the world the same way as you Quartz
***ETHICS
There's a morality test that evaluates utilitarianism better than the Trolley Problem Quartz
***RESEARCH
Eighty-two cases of offspring named as co-authors University World News
‘Decolonizing’ a Journal Inside Higher Ed
Online forums give investors an early warning of shady scientific findings Stat News
A partial solution to the problem of predatory journals, and a new index of journal quality Alex Holcombe
The future for academic publishers lies in navigating research, not distributing it The London School of Economic and Political Science
It’s time to open the black box of peer review ASAPbio
Paper authorship goes hyper: A single field is behind the rise of thousand-author papers Nature Index
***HIGHER ED
Higher Ed is Headed for a Supply and Demand Crisis Washington Post
Three million Americans are disconnected from higher education Urban Institute
Woman accuses San Diego pastor of 'sexual healing' therapy scheme LA Times
***TEACHING
Can the Large Lecture Be Saved? The Chronicle of Higher Education
***STUDENT MEDIA
Student Journalists Launch Website After They Say School Censored Their Paper NPR
***STUDENT LIFE
Why Students Are Still Spending So Much for College Textbooks The Atlantic
Undocumented and Disillusioned, I Decided to Leave America Washington Post
Screen Addiction Among Teens: Is There Such A Thing? NPR