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Are people lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones?
David Markowitz, NiemanLab, 10 November 2021Technology has given people more ways to connect, but it has also given them more opportunities to lie. Back in 2004, communication researcher Jeff Hancock and his colleagues had 28 students report the number of social interactions they had via face-to-face communication, the phone, instant messaging and email over seven days. Students also...
socio political environment
In the ocean’s worth of new Facebook revelations, here are some of the most important drops
Joshua Benton, NiemanLab, 25 October 2021Joshua Benton synthesises various stories about the wall of public enquiries, revelations, accusations, and looming regulation for Facebook globally. The issues: the company’s role in the January 6 US Capitol insurrection in 2021, challenge to social media content moderation, the flight of younger people away from Instagram, and Apple's threat...
socio political environment
Chinese activists lament the end of the last major US social media platform in China: LinkedIn unlinked
Joyce Cheng, ABC News, 22 October 2021LinkedIn will shut down in China later this year after increased monitoring and censorship from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It will be replaced by a new platform, InJobs, which only allows career networking. LinkedIn is the last major US social media platform in China, and activists say "the CCP has been using the great firewall...
socio political environment
Chinese activists lament the end of the last major US social media platform in China: LinkedIn unlinked
Joyce Cheng, ABC News, 22 October 2021LinkedIn will shut down in China later this year after increased monitoring and censorship from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It will be replaced by a new platform, InJobs, which only allows career networking. LinkedIn is the last major US social media platform in China, and activists say "the CCP has been using the great firewall...
socio political environment
advocacy
Facebook is planning a facelift
Alex Heath, The Verge, 19 October 2021Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the 'metaverse'. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills...
socio political environment
CNN will no longer publish articles on its Australian Facebook page
Jill Disis, CNN, 29 September 2021CNN says it has stopped posting articles on Australian Facebook Inc pages, citing the recent High Court court ruling which held publishers are liable for defamation in public comments and the social media firm’s refusal to help it disable comments in the country. CNN does not feature prominently in Australian media consumption, but the decision...
socio political environment
How to make strategic career decisions, even in a crisis
HBR IdeaCast, Harvard Business Review, 28 September 2021In this episode of HBR IdeaCast executive education professor and author Dorie Clark discusses the importance of making well-informed, strategic, career decisions. She offers advice on how to ignore social media distractions, balance priorities, cultivate patience, and…
crisis management
career
How “engagement” makes you vulnerable to manipulation and misinformation on social media
Fillipo Menczer, NiemanLab, 13 September 2021Social media algorithms rely heavily on behaviour to make ‘personalised’ decisions. In particular, they watch for content people respond to or “engage” with by liking, commenting, and sharing. However, research from NiemanLab concludes virtually all web technology platforms have a strong popularity bias. When applications are driven by cues...
socio political environment
Facebook quietly makes a big admission
Gilad Edelman, Wired, 31 August 2021The basic premise of any AI-driven social media feed is that you don’t need to tell it what you want to see. Just by observing what you like, share, comment on, or simply linger over, the algorithm learns what kind of material catches your interest and keeps you on the platform. That’s why the company’s latest announcement to expand a trial to...
socio political environment
In Conversation: The “Woke” Corporation & Corporate Communications
Very Public Affairs Podcast, Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 25 August 2021On this episode of In Conversation, Executive Director of the Centre, Wayne Burns is joined by Clare Hesketh, Acting Manager of Media Relations at SA Water, and Darren Pearce, Chief Communications Officer at Tennis Australia. They discuss corporate communications and strategies around the hybrid model of work, the...
leadership communications
governance
socio political environment