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With work at our fingertips at all hours of the day, it can be hard to disconnect. AI assistants may solve the problem – at least, that’s what big tech wants us to think.
During times of crisis, it is important to communicate clearly.
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Tailoring crisis communications strategies across the phases of the disaster management cycle is a more successful approach and can help co-ordinate disaster responses.
People sometimes flub even when they’re trying to make things right.
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Apologies can easily go awry if they’re not made in a certain way.
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There are simple explanations for what may seem like complex behaviours in dogs.
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Science communication has to start with values – and most of the time it does.
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When people are pervasively disinformed, the very foundations of democracy can end up on shaky ground.
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Many Optus users, both personal and corporate, are familiar with technology. They appreciate details, even where they can’t take them all in.
“Goodbye” is the name of a new PSA that seeks to show the impact of gun violence.
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The US attorney for the District of Maryland recently released a PSA to help stem the tide of violence in the state. But will it work?
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Optus suffered one of the largest telecommunications outages in Australian history today. Here are the factors that can cause such events.
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The Australian Public Service stands at a crossroads where policy effectiveness hinges on its willingness to stare into the abyss of policy language.
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Grumbling children and teenagers can be so annoying. But it is important to try and decode their complaints.
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Dad jokes can help make you a better parent. But that’s only one reason why dad jokes work.
A Ukrainian flag is displayed in front of a destroyed house in eastern Ukraine in October 2022.
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An analysis of tweets posted by the Ukrainian national government and the Kyiv city government in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 shows a national resilience.
The heat is preferred by many, and such preferences have hampered effective climate change communications.
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Humans (particularly those in the Northern Hemisphere) generally prefer the heat, a bias which has hampered effective climate communications for decades.
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A chatbot that lets users express their feelings by drawing may help communication and treatment for people with chronic pain.
African countries are lagging behind in digital advancements.
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The borderless nature of cyberspace presents particular challenges for African states used to controlling activities in their territory.
A well-deployed laugh can help grease a social interaction, even if nothing is funny.
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Laughter is so fundamental that animals like chimps, rats and dogs share the ability with humans. But in people it serves more serious social functions than just letting others know you’re having fun.
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Around half of toddlers who aren’t chattering by age two will catch up later, but we can’t predict which ones.
Succession: no one does much without a phone in their hot little scheming hands.
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How technology is central to the show’s most dramatic and pivotal moments – and how it might define its legacy.
Defensive, uncertain, confident, confrontational: can your body language reveal what you’re thinking?
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Why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover: the limitations of reading body language.