articles of interest - Oct 9
/***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
Algorithms have already gone rogue Wired
Does the new theory “information bottleneck” crack open the black box of deep neural networks? Wired
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Local Media Consortium to partner with Facebook-owned CrowdTangle
How to use Tweetdeck and advanced search to make Twitter useful again Poynter
Survey: Facebook (FB) is the big tech company that people trust least Quartz
Key trends in social and digital news media Pew Research Center
9 ways to make your dog famous on Instagram Hapers Bazaar
Meet the millennials who are making a living from livestreaming The Guardian
Snapchat to launch augmented reality art platform TechCrunch
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The Three Fundamental Moments of Podcasts' Crazy Rise Wired
How to Make Short-Form Videos as Tutorials, and Why You Might Want To Chronicle of Higher Ed
Rethinking audio editing on mobile Medium
The state of podcasting in five charts Digiday
Podcasts, Smart Speakers Lead the Way at Next Radio Radio World
Try This: Podcasting made audio great again. It could be even better. Two tools to help Poynter
The Boom In Political Podcasting NPR
***JOURNALISM
The rise of virtual reality journalism Columbia Journalism Review
Day One takeaways from ONA-17 Medium
Day Two: Following the Future of Journalism with #ONA17 MediaShift
ProPublica’s New Project to Work With Local Newsrooms ProPublica
Our addiction to links is making good journalism harder to read The Coffeelicious
Beyond 800 words: new digital story formats for news BBC
How J-Schools Are Adding Social Media, Curation, Analytics to Editing Classes Media Shift
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Los Angeles Times Newsroom, Challenging Tronc, Goes Public With Union Push New York Times
A course in freelancing? Yes, and not only that, it's a master's degree Poynter
***FAKE NEWS
The science behind why fake news is so hard to wipe out Vox
Facebook tries fighting fake news with publisher info button on links TechCrunch
***TECHNOLOGY
Google's New Live-Translating Earbuds Look Absolutely Incredible Digg
Inside Apple’s Quest To Transform Photography BuzzFeed News
Video Games for people with disabilities Economist
Who’s afraid of disruption? Economist
***PERSONAL GROWTH
To take a step without feet Becoming (my blog)
How We Make Up Our Minds The New York Times
***GRAMMAR
The Rise of the Restrictive Comma Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
The weekly routine of writer Ann Friedman Extraordinary Routines Extraordinary Routines
***LANGUAGE
Two new slang words that show the effects of electronically mediated communication on our speech Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Kazuo Ishiguro Is Awarded Nobel Prize In Literature NPR
Jill Bialosky Says Plagiarism Claims ‘Should Not Distract’ From Her Poetry Memoir New York Times
Austenistan: Jane Austen’s books are remarkably relevant to women in Pakistan today 1843 Magazine
Students, teachers ponder literature in an age of technology Meridian Star
***GENDER
Jeff Sessions Just Reversed A Policy That Protects Transgender Workers From Discrimination BuzzFeed News
***FREE SPEECH
Free Speech Advocate Silenced: An ACLU official was the latest to be blocked from speaking on campus Inside Higher Ed
College students and the First Amendment: What the right doesn’t want you to know Salon
Blocking a President From Talking: University of Oregon is third institution in two weeks where speakers have had talks disrupted Inside Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
The defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed for publishing an unverified intelligence dossier on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election National Law Journal
NYPD officer: Former tennis star James Blake defamed me as ‘a racist and a goon’ Washington Post
Publishers seek removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate Times Higher Ed
In Comic-Con Dispute, Appeals Court Wants to Hear More About Judge's Gag Order Hollywood Reporter
Authenticity more than any other quality was flagged as a key to success by 22 litigators National Law Journal
U.S. Government, Hollywood Studios Weigh in on Dispute Exploring Reach of U.S. Copyright Law Hollywood Reporter
Hyperlinking to Sources Can Help Defeat Defamation Claims–Adelson v. Harris Eric Goldman
***PRIVACY
Despite massive hack, Equifax wins IRS contract for fraud-detection The Verge
***RELIGION
An AI god will emerge by 2042 and write its own bible. Will you worship it? Venture Beat
Key facts about government-favored religion around the world Pew Research Center
Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom Politico
Princeton Student Group Excises 'Evangelical From Name Due to Negative Perceptions Washington Free Beacon
The Satanic Temple Wins Appeal in Missouri Abortion Case Patheos
Christian radio host Delilah trusting God as she loses her second child to a suicide Christianity Today
Religion on the College Campus First Things
***MUSIC
This music production tool is the reason why all new music sounds the same Quartz
Language of Hip Hop The Pudding
***FILM
Honest Trailers creator suspended over accusations of sexual harassment and assault AV Club
Men, women and films: How pronounced is the gender divide on the silver screen? 1843 Magazine
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Some colleges opt to outsource Title IX investigations, hearings Inside Higher Ed
***HEALTH
With The Swab Of A Cheek, This Company Knows When You're Likely To Die Forbes
Human Brain Has A Direct Link To The Immune System After All NPR
***PSYCHOLOGY
Children have got much better at a famous psychological test Economist
My Depression Is Like Having A Bad Dog BuzzFeed News
***NEUROSCIENCE
How Stress Can Change Your Brain: An Animated Introduction Open Culture
Understanding the Influential MindScientific American Scientific American
***ETHICS
Is It Ethical to Visit a Country With Human Rights Violations? CN Traveler
***PHILOSOPHY
How philosophy can solve your midlife crisis Phys.org
***PRODUCTIVITY
Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says Chicago Tribune
***HISTORY
Stalin’s famine, a war on Ukraine Economist
***POLITICS
The Partisan Divide on Political Values Grows Even Wider People
America's Political Divide Intensified During Trump's First Year As President The Atlantic
***RESEARCH
The Big Bang Theory recap: 'The Retraction Reaction Entertainment Weekly
What separates a predatory publisher from a legitimate science publisher? PLOS
Research papers are becoming less readable Chemistry World
Publishers seek removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate Times Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
How Technology Is Transforming the Way We Teach and Learn Singularity Hub
Hate fliers have appeared on hundreds of campuses, largely due to the efforts of groups looking to make recruiting inroads Chronicle of Higher Ed
Tennessee congressmen support end of DACA after Christian colleges ask President Trump to keep it The Stampede (Milligan College student newspaper)
Nondenominational Christian University Closing Inside Higher Ed
How to prepare students for the rigors of higher education: The 2017-2018 Bilingual Christian College Guide Christianity Today
Puerto Rico's plight has Olivet Nazarene University student worried Daily Journal
***TEACHING
Instructors, Did You Ever Cheat When You Were a Student? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Professors are the new therapists Slate
***STUDENT LIFE
5 Tips for Feeling Organized in College Study Breaks
Students Are Demanding More Help With Mental Health And Say Universities Aren’t Keeping Up BuzzFeed News
Ex-student sues Montana State University alleging Disabilities Act violations Bozeman Daily Chronicle
What everyone gets wrong about 'millennial snowflakes' BBC
***STUDENT MEDIA
Student government and college paper in Pennsylvania clash over publishing budget SPLC
Young Sheldon sends student newspaper editor into an existential death spiral AV Club