***WRITING& READING
Why We Say Too Much When We Write Online Jstor
Nietzsche’s 10 Rules for Writing with Style (1882) Open Culture
***LANGUAGE
Some People’s Brains Are Wired for Languages Scientific American
The state of languages in the U.S. a statistical portrait Report from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
***LITERATURE
Making a Point by Moving Shakespeare's Portrait: Students at Penn set off debate by replacing image of the Bard in English department building with a photo of Audre Lorde, the black feminist poet Inside Higher Ed
'Bars Medley': Classic Literature Remixed Into Hip-Hop And Verse NPR
Jane Austen and the Value of Flaws Jstor
***GENDER ISSUES
'Nat Geo' Explores Gender Options, Puts 9-Year-Old Transgender Girl On Cover Media Post
***RACE
Racism Was Served by Silence. Justice Requires Free Speech for All Chronicle of Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
Panel discussion on The Future of The First Amendmentat the 92nd Street Y in New York City (video) Future.Today Summit
Free Speech on Campus, and Its Limits Chronicle of Higher Ed
Battle over Offensive Speech on California Campus: YAF Lawsuit Against CSULA Proceeds on Narrow Grounds The FIRE
If students think a faculty member is racist, they have every right to say so. But nobody has a right to limit someone else’s speech Chronicle of Higher Ed
Maine man wins right to wear ‘horns of power’ in license photo Religion News Service
***LEGAL ISSUES
As radio industry prepares for fight with Global Music Rights, announces new deal with ASCAP Complete Music Update
Sex-Trafficking Victims Press Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Over Backpage Ads Media Post
Record Label Urges Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Over 'Golden Oldies' Media Post
***TECHNOLOGY
The Great A.I. Awakening: How Google used artificial intelligence to transform GoogleTranslate, one of its more popular services — and how machine learning is poised to reinvent computing itself New York Times
Who said what inside the Trump tech meeting Recode
***BIG DATA & STATS
The six best books for data geeks Financial Times
Why Google bought the AI firm DeepMind Economist
A Data Scientist Gives the 2016 Election Polls a postmortem Information Management
Twitter cuts off Geospatial data access for Police Intellegence Centers The Verge
Fake News and Data Mining: Mapping Today's media for intel analysis In Homeland Security
University Researchers say they have a new approach for analyzing Big Data that can drastically Improve Predictions Phys Org
Spelling out the ABCs of Bayesian statistics in Layperson's Terms RW Connect
***FILM
From Caligari to Hitler: Imagining the Tyrant - Between the Lines Klye Klgalern
The Surreal Filmmaking of David Lynch Explained in 9 Video Essays Open Culture
***SOCIAL MEDIA
She staged a viral story. You fell for her hoax. She thinks that’s beautiful Washington Post
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Whatever happened to the audio slideshow? Online Journalism Blog
You can now broadcast live video from the Twitter app The Verge
A sense of ennui and overdetermination binds the audience of NPR podcasts together in a bloc of obnoxious explainerism (opinion) The New Inquiry
***MUSIC
'The Jingle King' Tracks Decline Of Original Music In Advertising NPR
***ART & DESIGN
Art in a Time of Atrocity (opinion) New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Traditional Media Braces For 6% Ad Drop Media Post
***JOURNALISM
Why The Media Use Anonymous Sources NPR
Predictions for Journalism 2017 Nieman Journalism Lab
Ethics in stunt journalism The Outline
***FAKE NEWS
The real history of fake news Columbia Journalism Review
We’ve had fake news, fake science — and now, ‘fake tech’ Recode
Fixing Fake News The ACLU
Solving the Problem of Fake News The New Yorker
Want to Fight Online BS? We’ve Got Your Crash Course Wired
How Can Students Be Taught to Detect Fake News and Dubious Claims? (sub. req.’ed) Chronicle of Higher Ed
In a world of fake news, real journalism must be paid for The Guardian
6 Tips for Identifying Fake News Quick & Dirty Tips
What Americans Really Think About Fake News Vocativ
***FAKE NEWS & FACEBOOK
Facebook to start putting warning labels on 'fake news' CNN
What Facebook hasn’t said about its plan to fight fake news The Washington Post
7 signs that will help you spot fake news before you share it on Facebook Mashable
Facebook will use third party fact checkers, then flag disputed news Talking New Media
Facebook drains the fake news swamp with new, experimental partnerships Columbia Journalism Review
Why Facebook's fake news measures won't stamp out imposter publishers Digiday
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
As Mr. Trump tries to burn the media village down, he may just be saving it (opinion) New York Times
Innovation gone bad: The best of the worst ideas in media experimentation Columbia Journalism Review
NY Times Public Editor takes paper to Task for Preaching the Gospel of Diversity, but Not Following it New York Times
Fake news is a convenient scapegoat, but the big 2016 problem was the real news Vox
***SCIENCE
Can the behavioral sciences self-correct? A social epistemic study Science Direct
***HEALTH
How America's diet has changed over time Pew Research Center
Reuters finds lead levels higher than Flint’s in thousands of locales Reuters
***PSYCHOLOGY
Does Online Therapy Really Work? Jstor
Inside the messy world of anonymous therapy app Talkspace The Verge
***PHILOSOPHY
Which Philosophy Can Best Explain 2016? Vice
How to Live Without Irony (opinion) New York Times
***BUSINESS
Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas: What Martin Luther did to the Catholic church needs to be done to business gurus (opinion) Economist
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Line Between Good and Evil Becoming (my blog)
***RELIGION
Why Do Many Christians Think Calvinists Are Arrogant Jerks? Christian Post
The Religious Literacy in Journalism with New York Times Religion Writer Laurie Goodstein (video) Harvard Divinity School
Key findings on how world religions differ by education Pew Research Center
‘Spiritual warfare,’ ‘demonic attacks.’ The role religion played in home for sex-trafficking victims Sacramento Bee
ECFA: evangelical organizations based in the US received $16 billion in 2015 Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
Q&A: The Muslim-Christian education gap in sub-Saharan Africa Pew Research Center
***RELIGION & POLITICS
Richard Mouw: Despite Trumpism, I’m not quitting evangelicalism (opinion) Religious News Service
How to Talk to a Trump Evangelical at Christmas (opinion) Religious Dispatches
Why Hillary Clinton Bombed With White Evangelical Voters: As with Wisconsin, she didn’t show up Slate
***HIGHER ED
Three big surprises in the data from our research on how teens use college and university websites, reinforcing the realization that you can't take their needs for granted Inside Higher Ed
Most Colleges Will Change Overtime Policies Despite Judge’s Blocking of New Rules Chronicle of Higher Ed
Some small colleges are finding clever ways to stay open Economist
Beach Boys' 'California Girls' too offensive? One university says San Diego Union Tribune
Gun-friendly Liberty University to open on-campus shooting range Washington Post
***TEACHING
The Good News About Learning by the Numbers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Online Classes: The Essentials of Digital Accessibility THE (transforming education through technology) Journal
***RESEARCH
Federal grant proposals are public information, so why do scientists get cranky when you seek a copy? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Peering across the Copyright DMZ (book review) Scholarly Kitchen
***STUDENT LIFE
Students face high fees and continued risks when they use college-sponsored banking products Report from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Service
Why are so many students failing to find good jobs after college? Washington Post
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Amid Lurid Sexual Assault Allegations, Minnesota Football Team Drops Threatened Boycott Chronicle of Higher Ed
