FIR #379: Top Communication Trends for 2024
When blogs first got hot, every December, it was the rare PR agency and independent communicator that didn’t feel compelled to post their predictions and assessments of trends…
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When blogs first got hot, every December, it was the rare PR agency and independent communicator that didn’t feel compelled to post their predictions and assessments of trends…
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Deepfakes! Volumes of disinformation generated at scale! Hallucinated information shared as fact! Inherent bias underlying official communication! The number of crises people can imagine AI creating continues to…
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Back on January 3, 2005, Neville and Shel released the first episode of “For Immediate Release.” That was several months before Apple introduced podcasts to iTunes, an event…
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“We are about to see the biggest reshuffling of power on the internet in 25 years,” writes Anil Dash, “in a way that most of the internet’s current…
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Volumes have been written in the last year about how to apply ChatGPT and other generative AI tools to the practice of public relations and organizational communication. In…
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German publisher Alex Springer — which owns Politico, among other media properties — has inked a deal with OpenAI, which means ChatGPT will be able to include news…
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The speed with which media companies are announcing moves into the fediverse is accelerating, with Flipboard and Mozilla among the latest to signal their plans to support federation…
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The rise of “non-credible publications” and the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence have fueled a surge in disinformation attacks aimed at businesses. Knowing where to look for this…
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How much should a company’s employees know about AI? Some companies are now looking for employees who can bring a range of AI skills with them for virtually…
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Most organizations have remained silent about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Leaders don’t see how any reference to the war is relevant to their companies’ operations, purpose, or values, and…
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