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Staying on good terms with your significant other can take a tremendous amount of work, and according to a new study, getting too invested in TV show characters might make your relationship much more unstable. Research from Albion College suggests that if you follow the romantic exploits of TV sweethearts like The Office’s Jim and [...] Read more »
We look for a lot of things in our potential mates. Good genes, a good sense of humor, a decent job, and according to a new study from the University of Missouri, a positive string of Facebook comments. “Opinions of other people matter more than the target person’s own self-presentation,” says Seoyeon Hong, a doctoral [...] Read more »
If you are a supervisor or in a management position, there are number of approaches you can take to get your employees to open up and give you honest feedback at work. Check in with your employees. Take the time to have informal talks with your employees. A one on one conversation may lead the [...] Read more »
Those of us who have devoted our lives to studying and researching the humanities (such as Communication) understand the importance of our work and the potential it has to teach people about their world and how they can become better citizens of it. However, many still perceive the humanities as a waste of time and [...] Read more »
High-speed data transmissions sent directly to smart phones and tablets are certainly a far cry from rolled-up notes strapped to pigeons. Modern Olympics fans enjoy unprecedented access to live game information, but since the first Olympic proceedings, people have found ways to monitor the competition. From 700 BC to 300 AD, carrier pigeons carried messages [...] Read more »
In the age of remote interaction, you could be forgiven for thinking that physical networking events were something of an unnecessary corporate expense. After all, social media giants such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have revolutionized the way in which individuals build their professional contacts and interact with their clients and colleagues, and this has [...] Read more »
Thanks to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like, we live in a world of infinite and instant connections. But do social media connections equal fulfilling relationships? We can have 3,000 Facebook friends but no one to hang out with on Friday night. We can post every random thought that flits through our mind but find [...] Read more »
Over the past decade, the Internet has permanently changed the way that the average person communicates with loved ones, friends and colleagues. Some of these changes are positive. People who live abroad can keep in touch with their families, for instance, and people with irregular hours can use websites like Facebook to avoid missing out [...] Read more »
Just like it has changed our social interactions, social media has found its way into almost all aspects of business, from marketing to hiring. Many businesses are using social media as an online reputation management tool and have systems in place to monitor the web for any mention of their name or brand. Read more »
With computer-mediated communication, reading and writing have become a tango. Text is ephemeral, disposable, spontaneous – much like real-time natural language. In fact, texting occurs at near-conversation rates. How does this alter our experience of the written word? When text communication approaches this rate of exchange, something new kicks in: emotions and fleeting thoughts get mingled with the generation of words. Read more »