Communications
Ideas and insights about communication from MIT Sloan.
The impact of misleading headlines on Facebook
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New research found an overlooked source that slowed vaccination rates in the U.S.: misleading headlines from mainstream news sources.
How should AI-generated content be labeled?
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A new study looks at what wording should be used to identify content created by artificial intelligence.
How informed are voters about political news?
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Journalistic truth isn’t dead, a new study has found, but socioeconomic factors affect people’s ability to identify real news.
Study gauges how people perceive AI-created content
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Companies that intend to use generative artificial intelligence should first consider how people regard work created by AI, humans, or some combination of the two.
Data literacy for leaders
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Here’s how executives and senior managers can become effective and savvy champions of the data produced by their organizations.
Our top 5 ‘Working Definitions’ of 2022
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Distributed leadership, toxic work culture, and three other ideas that stood out this year.
How to craft a board-level data presentation
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Prepare early, cater presentations to reach different audiences, and tell compelling stories.
4-step ‘listening challenge’ can help reduce polarized discourse
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A new conversation guide offers four steps for transforming conflict into collaborative solutions.
The curse of knowledge: Why experts struggle to explain their work
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Experts are poorer communicators in their own domain than nonexperts. MIT Sloan’s Miro Kazakoff offers ways to reverse that curse.
‘Impostor thoughts’ may have an upside in the workplace
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New research from MIT Sloan refutes the long-held belief that there is nothing good about thinking one is overestimated by colleagues.