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Has Artificial Intelligence Helped or Hindered Small Group Decision Making? The Influence of ChatGPT on Group Activity Success
Get PDFThis teaching activity was employed for the first time in the spring of 2022 in a course entitled Small Group Communication (COMM 331). During each three-hour class, students learn about a focal area linked to this topic and then are responsible for engaging in a group activity. When we had a discussion about the role of artificial intelligence on group decision making, we spoke about how AI platforms come to affect such things as creativity, ethics, leadership, power, conflict, identity, structure, and cohesion. Students then assigned themselves to one of four groups, each of which was responsible for using ChatGPT to create a new iPhone application. At the end of the activity, groups collectively shared their results and we discussed the implications of AI on group communication practices and processes
Soundtracking, Accompaniment, and Modeling: How the Cultural Production of Music Addresses Societal Challenges
No full textSocietal challenges, the pervasive and unavoidable obstacles confronting our world, are seeing increased attention by organizational scholars. In contrast to previous work, which tends to emphasize direct responses, this chapter explores the role of cultural products, especially popular music, in efforts to create the kind of collective identification that may be necessary to address these challenges jointly. Based on the crucial role of music during the civil rights era in the 1960s, we propose three processes through which music is used to address societal challenges: soundtracking, accompaniment, and modeling. These processes facilitate collective identification, which in turn galvanizes popular support for social movements as a way of addressing societal challenges. We show how these processes have evolved since the 1960s and offer recommendations for research at the junctures of cultural production, identification, and societal challenges
The Debate Surrounding Ozempic and Other “Miracle” Weight Loss Drugs Situated in the Scholarly and Public Spheres
Get PDFOver the last few years, there has been a frenzy of media outlets, celebrities, and influencers publicizing the effectiveness of semaglutides, like Ozempic, for an off-label use: weight loss. With the larger presence and availability of these medications for off-label use instead of diabetes management, outsiders believe that obese and overweight people who begin to look different are cheating. The public nature and visibility of weight loss subject the people losing weight to much speculation and scrutiny. In the past, many weight loss “solutions” have been proposed, diets created, and even surgeries performed, but these “solutions” have proven temporary. Most individuals who struggle with weight loss are unable to maintain any progress they make and end up putting all of the weight back on. However, these semaglutides have proven to be an effective treatment plan, and yet there has never been such a debate surrounding this issue. Why is the use of weight loss medications like Ozempic considered cheating? Why is there a “right way” to lose weight, and where does this idea come from