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You might have noticed on the right hand side of this blog a new ‘special feature’ which, for now, includes two links. This addition also derives from your responses to our very feeble ‘stakeholder engagement’ attempt.
These days, as the World PR Festival in London (June 23-24) comes closer, the public benefit of Public Relations returns once again to the top of our agenda. But could it be that this time we can no longer rely on the argument, so often used in the past, that PR have a positive impact or at least are neutral for the public when practiced respecting the “truth”?
The fifth GAP (generally accepted paractices) gap report from Annenberg School of Communication has just been released, while Ansgarr Zerfass from Leipzig, leading a coalition of ten european universities has just launched the largest online survey on public relations in Europe ever attempted. Participate here.
I had learned of the Hunter-Coach incident a few months ago when the always careful and brilliant Jack O’Dywer revealed it on his website, and was shocked by the manipulative way in which
Page Turner, the blog of the Arthur W. Page Society, has published my posting regarding the three kinds of research in our field, and how that relates to the Institute for Public Relations’ Essential Knowledge Project.
UK media reports of the inherent unreliability of school exam results have drawn criticism for undermining public confidence in qualifications. Can the same observations be made about the veracity of PR qualifications?
Once again most polls conducted for the recent Italian elections were wrong. Giuseppe De Rita, a highly intelligent and reputed analyst, sentenced: Italians are born liars. So what else is new? Helas! This is but the tip of an iceberg which calls into question, and not only in Italy, a number of ‘truths’ in many traditional activities such as market, political and social research, analysis, public relations, procurement, journalism…..
From an organizational perspective, the ongoing and accelerating process of institutionalization of the public relations function, besides its many positive aspects (for the organization, for public relators as well as for influential publics of both), also implies certain risks which whoever exercises any influence in determining or assisting that very process, should be well aware of..
Dr. Shannon A. Bowen, Ethics and Public Relations section editor for the Institute’s Essential Knowledge Project, is asking practitioners to share real-life ethical scenarios –
I did a little analysis of the job titles of members of the Motor Industry Public Affairs Association (MIPAA) recently and think I might have spotted an interesting trend.