Technology's Impact on Corporate Communication

This assignment requires students to analyze three scholarly articles focusing on the impact of technology on corporate communication. Each article analysis should include a summary of the thesis, blueprint, recommendations, conclusions, implications, and a chosen quote. The analysis must demonstrate an understanding of how technology has shaped communication practices within businesses.

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Article Analysis One
Title of Article: ____ How Technology Has Influenced the Field of Corporate
Communication___________________________________________________
Author(s): _____________ PAUL A.
ARGENTI______________________________________________
Publication Information: __ Journal of Business and Technical
Communication, 20(3), pp.357-
370.______________________________________________
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What is the thesis of this article? ____The thesis of this article is the different
alterations which technology has brought in the field of corporate
communications.______________________________________
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What is the blueprint of this article? ___This article elaborates on the drastic changes
that technology has brought in the communication norms in the business workplace.
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What recommendations (if any) are provided? _Business houses must provide
effective training to the employees to deal with new changes in communication.
Business houses must try to transform the challenges of communications to
opportunities by adequate research and
education.______________________________
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What conclusions are drawn?____Communication process ____in business set-ups
must be given more relevance because it encompasses a variety of engaging topics
under its portfolio. _____________________________________
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What implications(if any) are provided? ____It has been implied that communication
changes have made the corporate sector more economical, convenient, and efficient
and productive.______It has also led to some shortcomings though as well, such as
forgery, misconception, business failure and more.__________________________
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What quote will you use from this article?
__” Technology has changed corporate communication dramatically, enabling
researchers and teachers to stretch the boundaries of knowledge about
communication in new and better
directions
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Article Analysis Two
Title of Article: ___ Semantics for the Internet of Things: early
progress and back to the future __
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Author(s): _____ PAYAM BARNAGHI, WEI WANG, CORY HENSON AND
KERRY TAYLOR__________________
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Publication Information: ___ _ International Journal on Semantic Web and
Information Systems (IJSWIS), 8(1), pp.1-
21.____________________________________________
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What is the thesis of this article? _____The thesis of this article is to incorporate
innovative ways to involve technology in our daily life and in the world of corporate
communication.____________________________________
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What is the blueprint of this article? __The blueprint of this article states that the
discovery of web has changed the countenance of business communications to a
massive extent. It has made it more visually attractive and appealing.___
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What recommendations (if any) are provided? ___It is recommended to refine the
communication process in the corporate set ups to stay ahead of the rivals in the stiff
competition race. ____________________________
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What conclusions are drawn?_It has been concluded that with effective remedial
actions, corporate houses can minimize the demerits in the scenario of business
communications. ____________________________________________
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What implications(if any) are provided? ___It has been implied that technological
changes have not necessarily enhanced the phase of business communication but it
has definitely altered it. ________________________________
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What quote will you use from this article?
______ The “big data” solutions and cloud platforms can provide infrastructure and
tools for handling, processing and analyzing deluge of the IoT data
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Article Analysis Three
Title of Article: ___ The Construction of Corporate Social
Responsibility in Network Societies: A Communication View
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 Author(s): ___________ Friederike Schultz
 Itziar Castelló
 Mette Morsing
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Publication Information: ____Journal of business ethics, 115(4), pp.681-
692.____________________________________________
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What is the thesis of this article? ___The thesis of this article is to correlate corporate
social responsibility with new age communication practices in the corporate
sector._____________________________________
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What is the blueprint of this article? ___ The blueprint of this article ___states that
_the study of_Corporate social responsibility in the subject of communication
pertaining to the changes brought by technology has a varied scope and can present a
new view to the
entrepreneurs._________________________________________________________
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What recommendations (if any) are provided? ___It has been recommended to
modify the communication practices in business so as to make it more __socially
responsible and useful.__________________________
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What conclusions are drawn?___It has been concluded that the concept of corporate
social responsibility has been gaining importance in the mindsets of the entrepreneurs.
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What implications(if any) are provided? ___It has been implied that the scope of
future education and research will make the corporate communication process
more_helpful, accessible, utilitarian and
convenient.________________________________
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What quote will you use from this article?
___________________ We hereby challenge established mainstream views on CSR
such as the instrumental view, which regards CSR as an organizational instrument to
reach organizational aims such as improved reputation and financial performance,
and the political-normative view on CSR, which highlights the societal conditions
and role of corporations in creating
norms.
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