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Takeaways on #BigData at #EuroComm17

March 20, 2017 by Neville Hobson 

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Like everyone in the contemporary workplace, communicators confront information – data – on a scale unimaginable a decade ago. We’ve all heard the term “Big Data” but do we really understand what this means? Can we see what we must do right now to enable our competitive differentiation, operational effectiveness and early-mover advantage that are essential in the cognitive business era of the coming decade? In a presentation session at the IABC EuroComm 2017 conference in London next week, … [Read more...] about Takeaways on #BigData at #EuroComm17

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Events, IABC, Professional Development, Technology, Workplace Tagged With: big data

How Twitter Works – a legal opinion

March 13, 2017 by Neville Hobson 

Royal Courts of Justice

Most reasonable people are aware that if you publicly publish something defamatory about someone else that is false, you can be sued for libel. If you lose the legal case, it can be expensive for you in terms of damage to your reputation as well as a financial cost. (Related: the difference between libel and slander in UK law.) And I'd add that most reasonable people are also aware that the same rules on libel apply to all methods of public communication, including online. So, for … [Read more...] about How Twitter Works – a legal opinion

Filed Under: Communication, Journalism, Law, Online Media, Public Relations, Reputation, Social Media, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Twitter, Web Tagged With: Jack Monroe, Katie Hopkins, Mark Warby QC, Twibel

Addressing privacy and fake news on the web: Tim Berners-Lee’s call to action

March 12, 2017 by Neville Hobson 

Tim Berners-Lee

The recent rise and spread of so-called fake news is a topic that's generating a great deal of opinion on what to do about it. I've weighed in, too, in a recent episode of the Small Data Forum podcast. Now, on the 28th anniversary of the founding of the World Wide Web, its creator Tim Berners-Lee offers compelling perspectives on this contemporary phenomenon, outlining three challenges for the web and, as he puts it, what we must do to ensure it fulfils his vision of an equalizing platform … [Read more...] about Addressing privacy and fake news on the web: Tim Berners-Lee’s call to action

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Ethics, Innovation, Mainstream Media, Marketing, Online Media, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, Social Networks, Society, Technology, Trends, Web Tagged With: Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web, worldwideweb

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