Articles of Internet - May 28
/***TECHNOLOGY
Few Rules Govern Police Use of Facial-Recognition Technology Wired
New Tech May Make Prosthetic Hands Easier for Patients to Use North Carolina State
So Long, Glassholes: Wearables Aren't Science Projects Anymore Wired
The Murky Legal Consequences of Smart Homes The Marshall Project
Scientists figured out a way to implant holographic brain images Daily Dot
6 Essential Steps to Becoming a Drone Pilot Story Hunter
***BIG DATA & AI
How facial software (allegedly) can identify liars The Week
Is learning to code in middle age a fool’s errand or a committed act of digital citizenship? 1843 Magazine
A new machine-learning system tries to predict whether an online conversation is going to get nasty right from the get-go Technology Review
Google & Coursera are launching a machine learning specialization consisting of five courses Tech Crunch
Why the future of AI depends on high school girls The Atlantic
There are some decent free online training courses designed to get you up to speed on Hadoop Business News Daily
Escaping the scandals but getting the big data right Information Age
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Pro-ISIS propaganda finds fertile ground on Google Plus platform The Hill
Trump Can't Block Critics on Twitter. What This Means For You Wired
Facebook is beating Snapchat on its own invention — stories: Why stories have taken off Axios
‘Content Providers’ Easily Find Ways Around Facebook’s Rules Snopes
‘A fun adventure, not a business’: The Weather Channel stopped publishing video on Facebook Digiday
Facebook is updating how you can authenticate your account logins Tech Crunch
***PRIVACY
Amazon is selling police departments a real-time facial recognition system The Verge
California Eyes Data Privacy Measure NPR
***INTERNET
F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware New York Times
Stealthy, Destructive Malware Infects Half a Million Router Wired
The Quiet Death of WHOIS Plagiarism Today
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Media’s Two-Front Spending War Visualization Traffic
Impatient, distracted consumers upend the media landscape Axios
3 Steps for Bringing the Oldest Form of Advertising Into the Digital Age Adweek
Great Big Story on Building a Video Storytelling Powerhouse from Scratch — Facebook Live StoryHunter
***JOURNALISM
New mobile journalism guide has free resources for reporters, newsrooms International Journalists’ Network
The Marketplace of Ideas is failing the journalism industry (opinion) Daily Tar Heel
These newsrooms are reinventing journalism education with audience members in the lead Membership Puzzle
Radio presenters and journalists among top jobs for psychopaths Radio Today
Long Beach Press-Telegram Down to One Reporter; Departing Staff Plan New Pub LA Business Journal
Facebook shows once again that it does not understand or value journalism CNBC
Who is watching local TV news? New research provides some surprises Medium
How the Media Helped Legitimize Extremism Wired
In portraying a silver lining to Santa Fe school shooting, news stories mislead public about GoFundMe campaign for victim’s husband Health News Review
What is it that journalism studies is studying these days? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
The Coming Splinternet: How the GDPR Could Threaten Journalism (opinion) Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Showtime's ‘Fourth Estate’ shows how the journalism sausage is made Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The Hard Truth at Newspapers Across America: Hedge Funds Are in Charge Bloomberg
News Radio Audience Jumps Following Hurricanes Nielsen
How The Washington Post is building its tech platform, Arc Digiday
Elon Musk wants to fix media mistrust with a dopey rating system. There’s a better way. Washington Post
***FAKE NEWS
Is your fake news about immigrants or politicians? It all depends on where you live Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Facebook Opens Up About False News Wired
How Snopes keeps fact-checking in the era of fake news overload (podcast) 2 girls, 1 podcast
Based on the exact words you type Google is giving you drastically different information Washington Post
Can “Extreme Transparency” Fight Fake News and Create More Trust With Readers? Harvard’s Nieman Report
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on Yourself New York Times
***GRAMMAR
There Is No ‘There’re’ There Chronicle of Higher Ed
‘OMG This Is Wrong!’ Retired English Teacher Marks Up a White House Letter and Sends It Back New York Times
***WRITING & READING
Every story in the world has one of these six basic plots BBC
Copy Editors Are OCD. Thank Goodness Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
China is becoming more tolerant of some regional Han languages Economist
Linguists Say We Might Be Able to Communicate With Aliens If We Ever Encounter Them Mental Floss
Language activists are trying to make French gender-neutral Economist
***LITERATURE
The 50 most commonly assigned works of literature at top US colleges Quartz
Philip Roth Discusses His Writing Process NPR
Philip Roth (RIP) Creates a List of the 15 Books That Influenced Him Most Open Culture
***GENDER
Judge rules that transgender teen is protected by Title IX and the Constitution in bathroom controversy American Bar Association
How Social Media Became a Pink Collar Job Wired
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
New study connects white American intolerance and support for authoritarianism NBC News
***FREE SPEECH
Without respectful discourse, free speech isn’t much more than a hostile shouting match. The Atlantic
‘Don’t burn the flag’ and 11 more rules for free speech Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Who Owns LOVE? A copyright suit over a beloved public artwork CityLab
Court Applies Pre-Digital Age Law to Digital Age Technology Law.com
LGBT wedding cake Supreme Court decision looms, but more cases likely CBS News
Viacom's Victory in 'SpongeBob' Restaurant Trademark Dispute Upheld by Appeals Court Hollywood Reporter
'Star Trek'/Dr. Seuss Mashup Creator Beats Trademark Claims Hollywood Reporter
Makers of ‘Sesame Street’ Sue to Get Raunchy Puppet Movie to Change Its Advertising New York Times
The NFL’s “take a knee” ban is flatly illegal Vox
A Copyright Small Claims Court? (opinion) Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Oregon principal ousted for making LGBTQ students read Bible as punishment OregonLive
The group least likely to think the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees? White Evangelicals. Washington Post
Religion Goes to the Movies - Los Angeles Review of Books LA Review of Books
Conservative Christian guide to nation's capital vows to tell what other tours won't Washington Post
Jesus would like to connect with you on LinkedIn! Inside the Church of England's digital conversion Wired
White nationalists protest outside Tennessee church Fox 17
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Prominent Southern Baptist leader removed as seminary president following controversial remarks about abused women Washington Post
Amid a Southern Baptist scandal, some evangelical women say the Bible’s gender roles are being distorted to promote sexism Washington Post
Controversial Southern Baptist leader still set to give prominent sermon in front of thousands Washington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
From Bible study to Google: How some Christian conservatives fact-check the news and end up confirming their existing beliefs Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Roman Catholics And Evangelicals Move Apart In Their Political Priorities NPR
How Christian media is shaping American politics The Conversation
***ART & DESIGN
What’s Next for Protest Art in the Trump Era? The Atlantic
Plasticine circuits show how today's tech is tomorrow's art Engadget
***MUSIC
What makes good music? Composers and listeners disagree Economist
“This Is America,” the Video, Is a Smash. Will the Song Have Legs? Slat
***JOBS
Three clauses freelancers should know (and negotiate), according to lawyers Columbia Journalism Review
***STATISTICS
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Why Your Next Workplace Harassment Training Might Be in VR Wired
An economics professor at Harvard is under investigation for allegations of sexual harassment The Crimson
A rape victim was just awarded $1 billion. Jurors told her: ‘You’re worth something.’ The Daily New
Ex-ESPN Analyst Argues Network Wasn't "Media Company" in Publishing "Fake Texts" Hollywood Reporter
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Federal officials lost – yes, lost – 1,475 migrant children Arizona Central
Why Do Americans Stay When Their Town Has No Future? Bloomberg
***AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS
America’s graying population in 3 maps The Conversation
The percentage of American adults identifying as LGBT increased to 4.5% in 2017 Gallup
See the progress towards pot legalization in all 50 states Thrillist
What Unites and Divides Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities Pew Research Center
America is changing demographically. Here’s how your county compares Pew Research Center
Religiously, nonwhite Democrats more similar to Republicans than to white Democrats Pew Research Center
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Meet the 2018 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies CNBC
See How Your Take Home Pay Compares to Workers Around the World Visualized HowMuch
Fed survey shows 40 percent of adults still can't cover a $400 emergency expense CNBC
***ENVIRONMENT
What a 'Reproducibility Crisis' Committee Found When It Looked at Climate Science Pacific Standard
***HEALTH
Subtle hearing loss while young changes brain function: Early damage could open door to dementia, lead author says Scientific Daily
A nationwide study reported that US cancer deaths have steadily declined for two straight decades NIH
Scientists have figured out exactly how much you need to exercise to slow your heart’s aging process Quartz
What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—and Our Ability to See? Wired
The US FDA says there are only risks, no benefits, for a common painkiller used by teething toddlers Quartz
***HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
Spermbots Offer a Promising New Way to Target Cancer Wired
Ingestible Sensors Electronically Monitor Your Guts Wired
Digital Ambulance Chasers? Law Firms Send Ads To Patients' Phones Inside ERs NPR
Deep brain stimulation found to improve diabetes by increasing dopamine release Science Magazine
***HEALTH CARE COSTS
Vulnerable patients — easy targets for companies willing to sacrifice ethics for profits The Hill
***FAMILY
Parents sue 30-year-old son to move out of house WTNH
American parents invented 1,100 new baby names last year Quartz
***SCIENCE
Science That Is Not Transparent Is Bad Science: Richard Gray On the Citation of Retracted Articles Wiley
Questioning Truth, Reality and the Role of Science Quanta Magazine
***PSYCHOLOGY
The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations CityLab
Personal Space Is an Elaborate, Unconscious Dance The Atlantic
Schizophrenia ‘risk genes’ are not so risky if the mother’s pregnancy was healthy Stat News
Mapping the rising tide of suicide deaths across the United States Washington Post
This Is Why Cognitive Biases Are Harmful (visualization) Daily Infographic
Depression and Anxiety Speed Up Cognitive Aging, Scientists Find Sci-News
***PHILOSOPHY
The "Insanely Low Acceptance Rates" of Philosophy Journals Daily Nous
The Map of Philosophy (video) Open Culture
***HISTORY
The Rulers of Europe: Every Year (video) Cottereau
What Middle-Eastern thinkers discovered long before the west (visualization) Information is Beautiful
***RESEARCH
Writing a page-turner: how to tell a story in your scientific paper The London School of Economics And Political Science
Systems Matter: Research Environments and Institutional Integrity Harvard
There is little evidence to suggest peer reviewer training programmes improve the quality of reviews paper The London School of Economics And Political Science
Non-preferred reviewers and editorial discretion Small Pond Science
How to review a manuscript: Journal editors identify 10 key steps for would-be reviewers American Psychological Association
What’s Up with Data Citations? Scholarly Kitchen
***RESEARCH & REPRODUCIBILITY
Before reproducibility must come preproducibility Nature
A survey on data reproducibility and the effect of publication process on the ethical reporting of laboratory research Clinic Ancerres
***HIGHER ED
New Federal Data Also Show Enrollment Declines Inside Higher Ed
In a setback for UMass Boston, all finalists for top job withdraw following faculty criticism Boston Globe
After ex-employee is accused of fraud, UT hires a former federal prosecutor to investigate internal controls Texas Tribune
A Federal Panel Tries to Regulate Accreditation. But Is Anyone Paying Attention? Chronicle of Higher Ed
College Does Help the Poor (opinion) New York Times
Why Is Undergraduate College Enrollment Declining? NPR
USC President C.L. Max Nikias to step down LA Times
Calvin College will change its name to Calvin University by 2020 Christianity Today
DeVos looks to ease rules on religious colleges Politico
Fuller Seminary to Leave Pasadena Campus Christianity Today
Small Christian College Announces It Will Close Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Trauma Can Interfere With Students’ Learning. Here’s Something Professors Can Do to Help. Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Second Wave of MOOC Hype is Here, and it’s Online Degrees Ed Surge
Do Photos of Teaching on Your Campus Look Staged and Static? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Trauma Can Interfere With Students’ Learning. Here’s Something Professors Can Do to Help. Chronicle of Higher Ed
Teaching Eval Shake-Up Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Proud mom orders ‘Summa Cum Laude’ cake online. Publix censors it Washington Post
'Disgusting and horrible': Community reacts to UO statement after student dies at Shasta Lake OregonLive
College kids want to save the world, just don’t ask them to volunteer Fast Company
Democrats pin midterm hopes on millennials Politico
Inside Gay Students’ Fight to Be Heard at BYU Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENTS & FINANCE
Should Businesses Help Employees Pay Off Their Student Loans? The Atlantic
By the Numbers: Changes in Graduate Student Debt Over Time New America
Eligible for financial aid, nearly a million students never get it Hechinger Report
***ACADEMIC LIFE
U. of Kentucky Moves to Fire Tenured Professor for Telling Students to Buy His Book Kentucky.com
A researcher has agreed to leave WSU in return for a $300,000 settlement over infringement of his academic freedom Seattle Times
***STUDENT MEDIA
Missouri scraps student press freedom bill for third year in a row Student Press Law Center
We never planned to work in a college newspaper. Here’s why we’re glad we did The Collegian
Principal won't renew contract for one of nation’s top journalism advisers Student Press Law Center
A college journalist learns why independent press critical to democracy The Morning Call
Suppressed Press at Christian Colleges: New student coalition is alleging religious institutions are regularly squashing student newspapers Inside Higher Ed