Articles of Interest - March 26
/***TECHNOLOGY
12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech LinkedIn
***JOURNALISM
L.A. County has repeatedly violated state open records laws, L.A. Times lawsuit alleges LA Times
Snopes has its site back. But the legal battle over its ownership will drag on for months Poynter
The best practices for interviewing children Columbia Journalism Review
How to Build a Digital Newsroom with Developers and Journalists Working Together PBS Media Shift
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Local news isn’t dying out: It’s being killed off by corporate greed Salon
***FAKE NEWS
Google News Initiative will fight fake news with new subscription, security features Mashable
Can “Extreme Transparency” Fight Fake News and Create More Trust With Readers? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Can AI solve the internet's fake news problem? A fact-checker investigates Popsci
Fill in the blanks: What’s still missing from the study of fake news? (A whole lot) Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Is tech finally killing radio? Don’t let iHeart’s bleeding fool you Digital Trends
***BIG DATA & AI
Applying analytics/data mining/machine learning to the semiconductor design and manufacturing Semi-Engineering
How do the different machine learning platforms stack up from a performance perspective Datamai
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Emoji are being used as evidence in court—and people are confused Daily Dot
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Debacle: Why This Data-Privacy Storm Is Different, And What’s Next Variety
How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing Electronic Frontier Foundation
Facebook’s New Data Restrictions Will Handcuff Even Honest Researchers WIRED
Former Facebook Insider Says Company Cannot Be Trusted To Regulate Itself NPR
The Best Alternative For Every Facebook Feature WIRED
Facebook Admits It May Collect Data About Your Calls and Text Messages. Here’s How to Turn It Off TIME
***MOBILE
Desktop dies on weekends Axios
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The green fig tree Becoming (my blog)
What People Find Most Charming About You, Based On Your Myers-Briggs Type Bustle
***GRAMMAR
‘Elected to lead, not to proofread’: Typos, spelling mistakes are commonplace in Trump’s White House The Washington Post
***WRITING & READING
Who doesn’t read books in America? Pew Research
***LANGUAGE
The phrase “useful idiot” seems to be everywhere Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Readings of Maya Angelou’s poems inspire gathering at Providence’s First Baptist Church in America Providence Journal
***GENDER
Women’s-Studies Students Across the Nation Are Editing Wikipedia The Chronicle of Higher Education
A feminist glossary because we didn't all major in gender studies USA Today
Female presidents now in the majority at Cal State LA Times
Parents protested a 'pornographic' assignment. Now Billings schools may change how teachers pick outside materials Billings Gazette
More States Move To End 'Tampon Tax' That's Seen As Discriminating Against Women NPR
Asexuality is still hugely misunderstood. TV is slowly changing that Vox
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
“Implicit bias” tests help people feel morally superior, even when their results show bias Quartz
What's the Difference Between a Frat and a Gang? The Atlantic
Sympathy for white Austin bomber stirs debate about race PBS
Alaska’s Unique Civil Rights Struggle Daily Jstor
***FREE SPEECH
First Amendment Free Food Festival: Students sign away their First Amendment rights in exchange for a free meal The Times-News
Are liberal college students creating a free speech crisis? Not according to data NBC News
***LEGAL ISSUES
"Blurred Lines" Verdict Upheld by Appeals Court in Win for Marvin Gaye Family Hollywood Reporter
Section 230: A Key Legal Shield For Facebook, Google Is About To NPR
Justices Skeptical About California Law Being Challenged By Anti-Abortion Clinics NPR
Advertising in a Digital Age: The Do's and Don’ts of Attorney Websites Law.com
***RELIGION
Memphis megachurch pastor resigns following sexual abuse investigation USA Today
Hollywood's big bet on Christian movies The Week
Pope backs tattoos as they can help priests connect with the 'culture of the young' Telegraph
Brainwashing May Sound Like Fiction, But This Is How It Works In Real Life Digg
How evangelicals became an anxious minority seeking political protection The Atlantic
Animated Map Shows How the Five Major Religions Spread Across the World (video)
After years of inquiries, Willow Creek pastor denies misconduct allegations Chicago Tribune
The ‘Father Of Christian Rock’ Larry Norman’s Battles With Evangelicalism WAMU
***ART & DESIGN
Netflix created their own font, and it’s going to save the company millions Ad Week
The Crazy Stories Behind 6 Of The World’s Rarest Colors Co.Design
Logical Fallacies In Design Critiques Prototypr
***MUSIC
CDs and vinyl are more popular than digital downloads once again The Verge
The music business had its second year in a row of big-time growth, thanks to streaming Recode
***FILM
***STUDENT MEDIA
Washington New Voices bill officially signed into law, becoming 14th state to protect rights of student journalists Student Press Law Center
Study Abroad Student Who Claims $7K Lost in JFK Bag Fiasco Gets Back Single Boot, Bikini Top NBC New York
Student Newspaper Retraction for Plagiarism Observer
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
How to design a career you want Millie Tran
How to Negotiate…When You’re Already Getting That Promotion Girl Boss
This Is What An A+ LinkedIn Summary Looks Like Girl Boss
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Ex-student suing Univ. of Illinois over dismissal based on sex-assault allegations News-Gazette
Rape victim accuses Cerritos College leaders of negligence Press Telegram
Predictive Analytics and the War on Human Trafficking Enterprise Tech
Dean of Students Jokes About Sexual Assault Inside Higher Ed
***HEALTH
American Adults Just Keep Getting Fatter New York Times
Paper used to support WHO guidelines on preventing infections “has no scientific validity” Retraction Watch
***FAMILY
Some Simple Advice For Figuring Out How Much Screen Time To Give Your Child Digg
***SCIENCE
***PSYCHOLOGY
Brainwashing May Sound Like Fiction, But This Is How It Works In Real Life Digg
The Noisy Fallacies of Psychographic Targeting WIRED
***PHILOSOPHY
I and Thou: Philosopher Martin Buber on the Art of Relationship and What Makes Us Real to One Another Brain Pickings
Philosophy for Beginners: A Free Introductory Course from Oxford University Open Culture
***SOCIAL ISSUES
As Pedestrian Deaths Spike, Scientists Scramble for Answers WIRED
***ETHICS
Cambridge Analytica Scandal Raises New Ethical Questions About Microtargeting NPR
***RESEARCH
The domination of English-language journal publishing is hurting scholarship in many countries (opinion) Inside Higher Ed
Is fake peer review today's leading cause of retractions? Publons
On ‘lower impact’ publishing – it’s better than you might think Occam’s Typewriter
***HIGHER ED
Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges Bloomberg
Schools are moving toward a model of continuous, lifelong learning in order to meet the needs of today’s economy The Atlantic
Machine Learning, Big Data and the Future of Higher Ed Inside Higher Ed
More poor students are going to college than in the past. And yet the number who graduate is falling even further behind New York Times
Washington College fires its president following harassment of faculty members The News Tribune
***HUMANITIES & STEM
A University of Wisconsin campus pushes plan to drop 13 majors — including English, art, history, sociology, philosophy, French, German and Spanish The Washington Post
UW-Stevens Point students occupy administration buildings in "Save Our Majors" Protest Stevens Point Journal
***STUDENT LIFE
University of Alabama expels student after video of racial slurs ALcom
University police surveil student social media in attempt to make campus safer The FIRE
Looking for ways for students to do more self-assessment of their work Chronicle of Higher Ed