articles of interest - August 28
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Are Facebook friends legally your friends? Here’s what a Florida judge had to say Fast Company
Here's How To Find Out Who Left Your Facebook Requests Hanging BuzzFeed News
This app makes it physically impossible for you to ignore texts Mashable
Facebook, Twitter and Apple get into the television business Economist
The New FOMO Wired
Snapchat is still bigger than Instagram for younger U.S. millennials Recode
Make Your Facebook Feed More Attractive (If Not Less Irritating) Life Hacker
Snapchat's Snap Maps becomes major resource after Houston flooding Mashable
The Next Generation of Emoji Will Be Based on Your Facial Expressions MIT Tech Review
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How live video is evolving, in 4 charts Digiday
Immersive Media And The Art of Storytelling Forbes
LIFE VR’s Mia Tramz on the Eclipse, Henry Luce, and When to Make Your Own VR App Medium
Facebook, Apple, and Google Will Hasten the Next Era of TV Miami Herald
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Bloomberg expands into consulting in search for new media model Financial Times
How Mic.com exploited social justice for clicks, and then abandoned a staff that believed in it the Outline
***JOURNALISM
A Mexican reporter was in a program to protect journalists. He was still killed: The ninth journalist killed in Mexico so far this year LA Times
Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli buys domain names associated with journalists Business Insider
Boston authorities should not have blocked media from covering protest Columbia Journalism Review
As this Houston TV station grapples with flooding, everyone’s a reporter Poynter
TV station faces backlash after chat with Charlottesville rally attendee ‘White Mike’ Columbia Journalism Review
***FAKE NEWS
The Fake-News Fallacy The New Yorker
How I Became Fake News Politico
Fake Polls Are A Real Problem FiveThirtyEight
Into the Uncanny Valley of Fake News Medium
Facebook will block publishers from advertising if they share fake news Recode
How to Recognize Russian Propaganda on Social Media Life Hacker
Fake News And Scams Are Going Around About The Deadly Storm In Texas BuzzFeed News
No, the shark picture isn’t real: A running list of Harvey’s viral hoaxes Washington Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Dealing with the red marks on your paper Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
The New Yorker’s Comma Madness The Baffler
Trump has deployed more than 13,000 exclamation points since joining Twitter The Week
***WRITING & READING
Bogus Advice for Op-Ed Authors Chronicle of Higher Ed
5 Writing Opportunities You Can Find on Any College Campus Study Breaks
The US and China publish almost half the world’s books Quartz
***LANGUAGE
FBI Profiler Says Linguistic Work Was Pivotal In Capture Of Unabomber NPR
***LITERATURE
A Newly Discovered Mark Twain Story Is Coming And It's So Beautiful BuzzFeed
To E or Not to E - USC Didn't in Spelling Shakespeare's Name Associated Press
3 Fascinating Books for Word Nerds Study Breaks
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Study of top public universities finds limited faculty diversity, yet signs of progress -- except for African-Americans in STEM Inside Higher Ed
1 in 10 say it's acceptable to hold neo-Nazi views ABC News
Civil Rights Activist Argues To Keep Confederate Monuments NPR
I am not your brown reporter (opinion) Philly.com
Federal Judge Finds Racism Behind Arizona Law Banning Ethnic Studies NPR
Essay by law professors Rails against modern Culture, Sparks Outrage Inside Higher Ed
Clergy March on Washington Calling for Racial Justice Sojourners
***FREE SPEECH
Justice Department Pulls Back on Search Warrant for Visitors to Trump-Protest Site NBC News
ACLU Leader On Defending Hate Group NPR
***LEGAL ISSUES
Could You Register The Swastika As A Trademark? Forbes
John Oliver's legal hell is the stuff of Hulk Hogan-fueled nightmares Mashable
TV Station Falls For Pranksters; Sues Them For Fraud Techdirt
‘Reaction’ Video Protected By Fair Use Technology and Marketing Law
Can an AI Own a Copyright? The Illusion of More
Homeowners Can’t Sue Over Low Zestimates Technology and Marketing Law Blog
***TECHNOLOGY
Space dust kills satellites like tiny atom bombs Economist
Augmented Reality: Where are we now, and what does it mean for marketers? Search Engine Land
You don’t own your own face: Profiting from Face Recognition Software NY Daily News
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
NGA Mulls Swap Of Satellite Imagery For Big Data Algorithms Aviation Week
***BUSINESS
The “free” economy comes at a cost Economist
Watch Out for These Scams in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey Life Hacker
***RELIGION
More Than 350 Christian Ethicists Release Statement Condemning White Supremacy Sojourners
Evangelicals Are Bitterly Split Over Advising Trump The Atlantic
Justice Dept. fights suit over Trump religious liberty order Politico
President's spiritual adviser: When you oppose Trump, you are 'fighting against the hand of God' AOL news
Faith Council Members Take A Step Back From Advising Trump NPR
Christian ministry labeled as a hate group is suing SPLC to ‘right a terrible wrong’ KansasCity.com
Joel Osteen's megachurch claims it's too flooded for Harvey relief. Internet sleuths call BS. Mashable
U.S. Muslims are religiously observant, but open to multiple interpretations of Islam Pew Research
A New Book Explains How the Christian Right Has Gotten Selective Denial Down to a Science Religious Dispatches
***ART & DESIGN
Even the Dumbest Us Weekly Headlines Look Great In New Yorker Font Jezebel
Google releases millions of bad drawings for you (and your AI) to paw through TechCrunch
***MUSIC
In China, singing Handel’s “Messiah” is forbidden in public Economist
Blockchain Technology Is Set to Disrupt Every Industry--and Music Is Next Inc
***FILM
Lynyrd Skynyrd Movie Is Banned by Judge Hollywood Reporter
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
What to Say When You Don't Have a Good Answer in an Interview Life Hacker
5 Annoying Things That Happen During the Job Interview Process Pay Scale
No, millennials aren’t killing stable employment Washington Post
How to Survive Panel Job Interviews Life Hacker
***HEALTH
Trump Rule Could Make it Harder for Nursing Home Residents to Sue for Abuse NPR
F.D.A. Cracks Down on 'Unscrupulous' Stem Cell Clinics New York Times
***SCIENCE
Science is not self-correcting. Science is broken Slate
***PSYCHOLOGY
Four Bad Habits of Modern Psychologists MDPI
Estimating the evidential value of significant results in psychological science PLOS
***NEUROSCIENCE
Brain Mapping Guides Surgeons In Removal Of Musician's Tumor NPR
***RESEARCH
Scammers impersonate the National Institutes of Health offering Grants FTC
***HUMANITIES /STEM
As more humanities Ph.D.s are awarded, job openings are disappearing Inside Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
Liability Worries May Impact Study Abroad after $41.5 million verdict Inside Higher Ed
The Blockchain Revolution and Higher Education Educause
Why Universities Are Unlikely to Heed Calls for Punishing Students at Rally Chronicle of Higher Ed
University Convocation Kickoff Address McSweeney’s
The Quirks of Christian Colleges StudyBreaks
Christian university suspends theology professor for saying some black activists ‘should be hung’ AZ Central
Baylor University hit with another Title IX lawsuit Fox7
***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
Anthony Scaramucci to speak at Liberty University convocation in November Washington Examiner
My Liberty University Diploma and Me (opinion by faculty member at the Univ. of South Florida) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Liberty University snarks back at students angry over Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Donald Trump support Washington Examiner
Liberty University pushes back against allegations of not reporting home sale to Trey Falwell Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
They are the last class to be born in the 1900s, the last of the Millennials are here: Time for the Beloit Mind-Set List Inside Higher Ed
What First Years Might Not Know & What To Do About It Chronicle of Higher Ed
Learning to Learn: You, Too, Can Rewire Your Brain New York Times
Reeling Them in Early: Focus above all else on generating student engagement Chronicle of Higher Ed
What’s a Scientifically-Proven Way to Improve Your Ability to Learn? Get Out and Exercise Open Culture
***ACADEMIC LIFE
The Tenure Track Is Too Rigid to Help Diversity (opinion) Bloomberg
***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials more likely to prefer being fired over text CNBC
Computer-game tournaments go mainstream Economist
Renewed debate over whether graduate students should publish Inside Higher Ed
One Trick For Keeping Kids In College: Forgive Tiny Debts That Force Them To Leave Fast Company
The Road Ahead for Collegiate Esports (podcast) BlogTalkRadio
Why do so many millennials struggle to take their pills consistently? (sub. req’d.) Stat News
***STUDENT MEDIA
5 Reasons Why You Should Write for Your College Newspaper Study Breaks
University newspaper in New York crowdfunds to keep its independence Student Press Law Center