Communication biases and Monopolies power

I came over an article by Harold Adams Innis, a political economist, whose famous for his communication theory in Marshall McLuhan.
In this article, he discussed about the common errors in communication biased, and i think it may help us in avoiding message receive and sent wrongfully.
He mainly discussed the communication biases through three aspects:
"1. How do specific communication technologies operate?
2. What assumptions do they take from and contribute to society?
3. What forms of power do they encourage? "

http://www.media-studies.ca/articles/innis.htm
Take a look, and feel free to comment on it. Hope you enjoy!

What Colour is Your Parachute?

I came across the website version of What Color Is Your Parachute and thought this would be a very appropriate link to upload being as we discussed this book in class. For people who don’t want to go out and buy the book I thought having direct access to the site would be very useful as there are many tips relating to resume writing. This site has many heading and links which makes it well organized and easy to navigate. Dick Bolles also has a blog linked on this site. I found this to be useful as new workforce trends come into play or new resume tips are discovered that can help us the viewer will be in the know. Hope you enjoy!

A Little On Communication

Here's a site that help show that employers are looking for people with good writing skills and the importance of these skills to the workplace
http://www.inc.com/encyclopedia/written-communication.html

Three Situations That Require Face-To-Face Conversations

With today's advanced technology, we can communicate with others by phone calls, emails, and many other ways. The article "Three Situations That Require Face-To-Face Conversations," however, talks about the importance of face-to-face communication. It mentions that face-to-face communication is especially important and useful in three aspects: employment communication, negotiations, and client interaction.

Here is the link to the article: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-tell-when-face-to-face-communication-is-necessary-2011-1

Canada's Auditor General famous for using Plain Language

Listen to CBC's interview with Canada's "best government watchdog ever" - Auditor-General Sheila Fraser - for a fine example of the significance and value of using Plain Language (http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=1950993169).

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