articles of interest - Sept. 25
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
How Baby Boomers Use Social Media Daily Infographic
Facebook adds human reviewers after 'Jew haters' ad scandal BBC News
What We Do and Don’t Know About Facebook’s New Political Ad Transparency Initiative ProPublica
WhatsApp gets blocked behind China's 'Great Firewall,' joining Facebook and Instagram Mashable
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Digital Tools Available Now to Add Power and Simplify Every Journalist’s Job Editor and Publisher
10 Photoshop editing skills every photographer should know Tech Radar
A Deep Data Dive into the Power of Branded Video Video Strategist
***INTERNET
Google's Inbox and Gmail finally turn addresses and phone numbers into interactive links Tech Republic
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
***JOURNALISM
The future of news is humans talking to machines Nieman Lab
Post-Dispatch demands charges be dropped against reporter covering protest St. Louis Today
Twitter dustups are a reminder: Journalists, you are what you tweet Poynter
Turkey’s purge of 'dissent' is destroying press freedom Huck Mag
The Media Has A Probability Problem FiveThirtyEight
Journalism Resource Guide on Behavioral Health The Carter Center
Out of ‘Spotlight,’ the movie, comes the Spotlight Fellowship Boston Globe
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Broadcaster opts to hire local reporters over parachute coverage Columbia Journalism Review
Fort Wayne’s News-Sentinel Is Ending Its Print Edition and Moving to Digital Ad Week
***FAKE NEWS
That Hilarious Tweet About an Instructor’s Big Mistake? Almost Certainly Fake Chronicle of Higher Ed
Snopes.com and the Search for Facts in a Post-Fact World Wired
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
Microsoft launches new Machine Learning tools for developers all related to the Azure Machine TechCrunch
It’s important to be able to separate fact from fiction-Here are eight myths about Big Data & Predictive Analytics Information Week
Flash technology accelerates predictive analytics software Search Storage
linguistics is not being applied in the single most important arena that needs it: artificial intelligence Chronicle of Higher Ed
Machine learning Is making video game characters smarter using procedural rendering Fast Company
Google’s advice on how publishers can take advantage of machine learning Google
Apple’s ‘Neural Engine’ infuses the iPhone with AI smarts Wired
The Amazing Ways Coca Cola Uses Artificial Intelligence And Big Data To Drive Success Forbes
***GRAMMAR
Ben Yagoda applauds the new Chicago Manual of Style's (limited) acceptance of singular they Chronicle of Higher Ed
A Word, Please: Context is key to some editing rules LA Times
***WRITING & READING
The Psychological Benefits of Writing Regularly Medium
Poetry For Kids Who Are 'Just No Good At Rhyming' NPR
***FREE SPEECH
A chilling study shows how hostile college students are toward free speech (opinion) Washington Post
Views among college students regarding the First Amendment: Results from a new survey Brookings
Jury to Decide Whether or Not "Comic-Con" Has Become Generic Hollywood Reporter
Experts Criticize Survey on student Attitudes on First Amendment and violence as “junk science” Inside Higher Ed
When to pull the FIRE Alarm: Common types of censorship on campus The FIRE
Shia LaBeouf Says Calling Bartender "Racist" Was Protected Speech Hollywood Reporter
‘Substantial cost’: University of California foots major security bill for free speech Washington Post
A Cop With A Tattoo He Swears Isn’t A “Nazi Tattoo” Says A Lot About Police Free Speech BuzzFeed
The Limits Of Free Speech In Germany NPR
Germany’s New Social Media Law Puts a Price on Hate Speech PBS Media Shift
***LEGAL ISSUES
Defamation Lawsuit Against Donald Trump Gains Support From Law Professors Hollywood Reporter
Federal Judge Rejects Couple’s Argument for Refusing Gay Customers NBC News
Iowa's Supreme Court Hears Dispute Over $75 Speeding Ticket NPR
All-Star Concert to End Global Poverty Brings Lawsuit Over Video Footage Hollywood Reporter
Carter Page, former Trump adviser, suing over Huffington Post, Yahoo News articles iMediaEthics
Starz Beats 'Power' Copyright Lawsuit Hollywood Reporter
***RELIGION
America’s Shifting Religious Makeup Could Spell Trouble For Both Parties FiveThirtyEight
Colin Kaepernick vs. Tim Tebow: Christianity on its knees The Washington Post
Filipino Megachurch Buys Entire Ghost Town in Connecticut for $1.8 Million Next Shark
Lawsuit claims a North Texas medical group tried to force staff to be ‘more godly’ Dallas News
More Than Big Hair and Money: Jim, Tammy Faye and the Media “Holy Wars” of the 80s Religious Dispatches
20% of Americans Are on the Threshold of Religion Christianity Today
James Faulkner, Jim Caviezel, Olivier Martinez to Star in ‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’ Variety
***RELIGION: PREACHERS IN THE NEWS
Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress says kneeling NFL players should thank God they're not being shot in the head Dallas News
Benny Hinn Is My Uncle, but Prosperity Preaching Isn’t for Me Christianity Today
Erica Lea to Become First Openly LGBTQ Lead Pastor of Mennonite Church USA Sojourners
Reverend David Mainse 1936-2017 Context
LA pastor detained by ICE since July released from custody Daily News
*** RELIGION: MUSIC
Remembering the Influential Life of Rich Mullins ChristianHeadlines
American Idol winner performs the national anthem with a Bible verse written on her hand New York Daily News
Christian singer Natalie Grant undergoing thyroid surgery Daily Herald
***TENNESSEE CHURCH SHOOTER
Masked gunman rampages through Nashville church; usher uses personal weapon to subdue shooter Washington Post
Suicide threat and domestic disputes: Antioch church shooting suspect had history with police The Tennessean
***ART & DESIGN
When AI Design Websites Wired
***MUSIC
Bob Dylan's New Bootleg Series Will Spotlight Gospel Period Rolling Stone
Hear the Pieces Mozart Composed When He Was Only Five Years Old Open Culture
Taylor Swift Sued Over "Shake It Off" Lyrics Hollywood Reporter
***FILM
Martin Scorsese to Teach His First Online Course on Filmmaking Open Culture
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Is There A 'Better Way' To Handle Campus Sexual Assault? NPR
Ruling in high-profile sexual harassment case suggests that foreign students in online courses have no recourse under Title IX Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Must not Turn back the Clock on Efforts to Combat Sexual Assault (opinion) Washington Post
What You Need to Know About the New Guidance on Title IX Chronicle of Higher Ed
What Does the End of Obama’s Title IX Guidance Mean for Colleges? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***CAMPUS SAFETY
After fatal shooting of a student, experts question why Georgia Tech doesn’t arm its officers with stun guns Inside Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Do We Still Value the Dissertation? The Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle of Higher Ed
White, male faculty earn higher salaries than women, minorities at public universities Journalists Resources
Article on the supposed benefits of Western colonialism has prompted calls for retraction Inside Higher Ed
***BUSINESS
The Most Important Rule for Startup Success Jstor
***HEALTH
Brain stimulation partly awakens patient after 15 years in vegetative state Stat News
Boston scientists test ‘chatbot’ that offers spiritual, emotional guidance to terminally ill Washington Times
***SCIENCE
Majority of Americans rely on general outlets for science news but more say specialty sources get the facts right about science Journalism.org
Key takeaways on Americans’ science news habits Pew Research Center
All people with blue eyes have a common ancestor Business Insider
Academic Myth Busters Part Two: Four scientific myths that your teachers passed off as true Study Breaks
California Finally Has an Official State Dinosaur Atlas Obscura
***PHILOSOPHY
On Retraction in Philosophy Digressions & Impressions
Descartes Is Not Our Father: History tells us he invented modern philosophy. That history is wrong. New York Times
Intuition: Epistemology Wireless Philosophy
***SOCIAL ISSUES
This Stanford Professor Has a Theory on Why 2017 Is Filled With Jerks New York Magazine
***RESEARCH
British Press Watchdog Says Climate Change Article Was Faulty New York Times
Finding typos in a paper post-publication Academia Obscura
Do We Need A Self-Citation Index? The Scholarly Kitchen
Is predatory scientific publishing “becoming an organized industry”? Physics Today
A Call for Honesty in Christian Scholarship Patheos
***HIGHER ED
The Education Department Will Allow Two Large For-Profit Colleges To Become Nonprofits BuzzFeed
Student Protestors And Their Faculty Allies At The Evergreen State College Win A Battle But Lose The War Huffington Post
5 Wheaton College football players face felony charges in hazing incident Chicago Tribune
Lawyers -- Email of former Baylor president David Garland raises red flags ESPN
***TEACHING
Survey: Blended Learning on the Rise Campus Technology
Teaching Online Takes More Time Than in Person Inside Higher Ed
Do Laptops Help Learning? A Look At The Only Statewide School Laptop Program NPR
***STUDENT MEDIA
University of Louisville pulls funding from student newspaper Courier-Journal
University of Mississippi Cartoonist harassed by White Supremacists Cartoonist Rights
***STUDENT LIFE
Study: teens increasingly put off traditional markers of adulthood Washington Post
Resources to Take Advantage of Your Senior Year Study Breaks
Students Have new Ways of Measuring Degrees of Success Washington Post
UW student creates controversial clothing line NBC-15
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
BuzzFeed Emerging Writers Fellowship 2018 BuzzFeed
Dow Jones News Fund arranges summer internships