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Is silence golden? A thread comparing #SocialScience methods for studying interaction - real conversation in the wild vs experimentally-produced in the lab. Two papers on #negotiation, with overlap in headline

How the ‘useless' words of 'small talk' saves lives. In a 999 domestic violence call, the caller gets help without making a request A short thread with @Richardson_Emm busting two

“How do open-ended questions improve interpersonal communication?”TL;DR: They do not. Let’s explore a common #communication assumption about 'open' and 'closed' questions with some data to see what they look like, and

New #IndieSAGE paper1. From Stay Home to Stay Alert, UK government messaging has been much discussed during the #COVID19 pandemic. #IndieSAGE has analysed its effects (March-Oct 2020) and makes recommendations

A thread on the 'quality’ of F2F vs online interaction.While ‘communication is key’, what we know about communication, inc. online, often rests on stereotypes or anecdata. So when it comes

1. One thing missing from this and related stories (e.g., "£9250 for zoom lectures") is that the same issue ("£9250 for 8 hours contact") was part of the discourse pre-Covid.

#COVID19 and the discourse of 'anxiety' 1. People are ‘returning’ or ‘going back’ to work and good employers are putting safety measures in place.In the mix, we're witnessing the division

Following our consultation on 21.8.20, inc. with @UniversitiesUK @UCU @timeshighered @nusuk, @IndependentSage's statement on Universities is published today. For a #ZeroCovid university and Covid-Safe Student Experience, our key recomme

Two weeks on, my unscientific survey finds we're ~90% mutual swervers now, except one at the widest part of a field - plenty of lead-in time. I swerve, he calls