[SIGCIS-Members] On History, Trump and the Washington Post

[Bernardo Batiz-Lazo]

In case you’ve missed it, you might be interested in this article that uses research on organisational communication by JoAnne Yates (MIT) (which crosses business and technological history .. and is well known by computer historians) to frame the current debate around President Trump and ex-FBI Director Comey:

James Comey’s memo has shaken a presidency. Here’s why memos have always mattered.

by Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, May 17, 2017.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/17/james-comeys-memo-has-shaken-a-presidency-heres-why-memos-have-always-mattered/?utm_term=.f82c12de1a17

Best wishes
Bernardo
Bangor University (Wales)


PS the article and JoAnne’s work also got the “thumps up” by Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman in Twitter:

https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/865007659409326080
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