{
  "title": "Information Cascades: How Messages Are Filtered at Every Level",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/communication-interne-et-cascade-d-information-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-01-26",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "An engineering model whose application to organisations is debated.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Communication",
  "place": {
    "name": "Zurich",
    "region": "Zurich",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The Research",
      "point": "Shannon & Weaver (1949, The Mathematical Theory of [Communication](/formation/communication/zurich)) model the degradation of a message with each transmission.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Limitation",
      "point": "An engineering model whose application to organisations is debated.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The Nuance",
      "point": "Each intermediary in the hierarchy interprets the message before passing it on: the message at the final level is no longer yours."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A Practical Implication, Testable in Zurich",
      "point": "Have the message as understood at the final level passed back up and compare it with the original message."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Weaver",
      "year": "1949",
      "source": "The Mathematical Theory of [Communication](/formation/communication/zurich"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 114,
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/communication-interne-et-cascade-d-information-en",
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/zurich",
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}