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Has digital transformation led to an upsurge in workplace disinformation?

Workplace Insight

According to research from the American Psychological Association , individuals on social media and online platforms often rely on intuition to discern the truth. Our tendency to browse social media and the internet means we can readily share what we find to our colleagues, whether its solicited and encouraged or not.

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Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism

Andrea Kalli

Until 2004, media was closed to outsiders. Articles were published after days, sometimes weeks, of study and analysis. Social media attracts strong opinions, some politically charged and others personal. Social media attracts strong opinions, some politically charged and others personal.

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Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism

Andrea Kalli

Articles were published after days, sometimes weeks, of study and analysis. Over the course of just three years, once powerful newspapers were reduced to specks on their former image, and social media services took over as the most frequent and powerful platform for internet users to find out just what was going on.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

Success

This leads to gossip and politics, often just below the surface of what looks like a happy and positive culture. In the age of social media, bosses should be especially careful of how boundaries can get blurred if, for example, they become friends with employees on Facebook, which happens all too often. No example is too small.

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Are You A Valid Person?

Brilliantly Better

But after working a few years in the traditional media world – which, by the way, is not a very friendly place to be, always challenged, filled with gossip and back talking – I felt the need for a change. Maybe on social media, like Twitter and Facebook ? Are you going to promote the article? Make your pick.

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