articles of interest - Sept. 4, 2017
/***JOURNALISM
The Guardian Sets Up a Nonprofit to Support Its Journalism New York Times
The Newseum Deserves to Die Politico
Quartz created a bot that can break news — and wants to help other news orgs develop their own Harvard’s Nieman Lab
After a CNN interviewee erupts in anger, disaster reporting standards come into focus Washington Post
Court rules that MSU can’t sue ESPN for requesting open records Student Press Law Center
How a 171-year-old news agency is the hidden mainstay of news on Facebook The Drum
***FAKE NEWS
Researchers teach AI neural network to write fake reviews, with implications for fake news Business Insider
When it comes to the academic study of fake news, “bullshit receptivity” is a thing Nieman Journalism Lab
Why fact-checking can’t stop Trump’s lies Vox
Fact-Check That Viral Image in Two Clicks Life Hacker
There’s a long list of old-fashioned parallels to today’s fake news. Here’s one that’s actually helpful Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Fake news is nothing new: This photo hoax went viral a century ago Salon
***TECHNOLOGY
Google-Funded Think Tank Fires Scholar Who Criticized Tech Giant NPR
'Smart' Campuses Invest in the Internet of Things Campus Technology
Doubts raised on key points of Nature paper on CRISPR gene editing of human embryos The Niche
Scientists Can Predict How You Look Using Only Your Anonymous DNA KPBS
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
Using recurrent neural networks to create fake yelp reviews-and how to fight it Business Insider
The first quantum-cryptographic satellite network will be Chinese Economist
How Walmart is using Machine Learning, AI, IoT and Big Data to boost retail performance Forbes
Google researcher comes up with new technology to bring neural networks to mobile devices Infoq
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Prepares To Launch New Video Streaming Service NPR
How media companies are creating episodic series for Instagram Stories Marketing Land
***INTERNET
711 million email addresses ensnared in "largest" spambot ZDNet
How to Diagnose Pages that Rank in One Geography But Not Another Moz
***PERSONAL GROWTH
To Have Good Ideas, Remember to Get Bored Life Hacker
Proof that I was a worthless piece of Garbage (Jenni Berrett) Becoming (my blog)
How Your Brain Tricks You Into Thinking Magic Is Real Life Hacker
***CRITICAL THINKING
Believing widely doubted conspiracy theories satisfies some people’s need to feel special Research Digest
Adam Ruins Everything goes after itself College Humor
***LANGUAGE
This is How Canada Talks The 10 and 3
How to Lose an Accent, According to a Dialect Coach Life Hacker
***LITERATURE
Tolkien's Plant Passion Moves Botantist To Create Guide To Middle Earth NPR
***GENDER
Why Female Students Leave STEM Inside Higher Ed
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Teaching White Students Showed Me The Difference Between Power and Privilege BuzzFeed News
Is Doxxing the Right Way to Fight the “Alt-Right?” Jstor
***FREE SPEECH
The Most Shortsighted Attack on Free Speech in Modern U.S. History The Atlantic
***LEGAL ISSUES
Dr. Phil Video Leads to Novel Copyright Decision Involving Woman Alleging False Imprisonment Hollywood Reporter
H3H3 Wins Summary Judgment on Fair Use YouTube Lawsuit Plagiarism Today
Charlotte School of Law bilked $285 million from taxpayers, former faculty member says Charlotte Observer
Google Researchers Create Algorithm to Remove Image Watermarks Plagiarism Today
Prediction: It's CNN Not the N.Y. Times Headed to Supreme Court in Defamation Battle Hollywood Reporter
***ART & DESIGN
DeviantArt and Copyright issues Plagiarism Today
A Short Documentary on Artist Jeff Koons Open Culture
***MUSIC
The secret rhythm in Radiohead’s “Videotape” Vox
***BUSINESS
Market power and competition explain every problem in the US economy, new research argues Quartz
Silicon Valley employees celebrate their own exploitation New York Times
***RADIO
Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says Variety
Brown University radio station sold to K-LOVE for $5.63 million Providence Journal
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
What to Say When an Interviewer Wants You to Talk About Yourself Life Hacker
***HEALTH
Why Giving Birth Is Safer In Britain Than In The US Digg
Utah hospital nurse roughed up and arrested for doing her job Washington Post
***SCIENCE
Physicists Want to Rebuild Quantum Theory From Scratch Wired
***PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology offers a simple rule to consider before you tell someone your woes Quartz
Could a Videogame Strengthen Your Aging Brain? Wired
***PHILOSOPHY
Wittgenstein on Whether Speech Is Violence Jstor
***HIGHER ED
The Myth of American Universities as Inequality-Fighters The Atlantic
Most Colleges Will Change Overtime Policies Despite Judge’s Blocking of New Rule Chronicle of Higher Ed
Almost 40 percent of Texas's flagship state university's undergraduates are from counties declared disaster areas Washington Post
***HUMANITIES /STEM
Diverging Trends in Completions of Advanced Humanities Degrees American Academy of Arts and Sciences
***TEACHING
Are Students Doing Their Own Work in Online Classes? Chronicle of Higher Ed
As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check New York Times
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
A College Seminar Tells Students to Masturbate to Prevent Sexual Assault Cosmopolitan
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Under Fire, These Professors Were Criticized by Their Colleges Chronicle of Higher Ed
Professor Fired for Blaming Harvey on Texas Voting GOP NBC News
Fill Out This Bingo Card During Your First Faculty Meeting of the Year Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why I’m Leaving the Political Science Association (opinion) Minding the Campus
Faculty Members Organize to Fight ‘Fascist’ Interlopers on Campuses Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
Let’s Talk about cocks (opinion) Journo Terrorist
***STUDENT LIFE
The Biggest Misconception About Today’s College Students New York Times
Professors at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton say their advice to incoming freshmen can be 'distilled to 3 words' Business Insider
Why You Should Read That Whole Text Book Right Now Wired
College Students evacuated after being stranded by Hurricane Harvey Washington Post
A new Stanford study suggests first-year students can judge who will help them have fun and who can be a shoulder to cry on Inside Higher Ed
A Few Telling Freshman Trends New York Times
***RELIGION
Spicer gets his audience with the pope Politico
The Joel Osteen Fiasco Says A Lot About American Christianity (opinion) BuzzFeed News
The Cheap Prosperity Gospel of Trump and Osteen (opinion) associate professor of religious studies) New York Times
Evangelicals to Trump: Don’t Deport Our Next Generation of Church Leaders Christianity Today
***RELIGION: THE NASHVILLE STATEMENT
More than 150 evangelical religious leaders sign 'Christian manifesto' on human sexuality USA Today
Nashville's mayor is denouncing a statement against same-sex marriage that evangelical leaders named after the city Huron Daily Tribune
I signed the Nashville Statement. It’s an expression of love for same-sex attracted people (opinion) Washington Post
The ugly ingratitude of the 'Nashville Statement' (opinion) Patheos
Why even conservative evangelicals are unhappy with the anti-LGBT Nashville Statement Washington Post