DEFINING PUBLIC RELATIONS Lecturer: Cassie @ Chitara Ramasamy Session: 2014 Lesson Outline: Definition of public relations Process to influence public opinion The publics of public relations The functions of public relations Learning Objective of Topic 1: After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to Explain the meaning of public relation Explain the various process of public relation
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Functions of Public Relations Functions of Public Relations The functions of public relations take many forms in different organizations. Public relations specialists handle organizational and societal functions such as media‚ community‚ consumer‚ industry‚ and governmental relations as well as political campaigns‚ interest-group representation‚ conflict mediation‚ or employee and investor relations. They help an organization and its public become accustomed and adapt to each other (U.S. DOL
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1 Introduction Like every discipline also public relations have own code of ethics. Such a kind of code we need to prevent unethical actions. In some cases the code gets violated. In the following essay I will explain what code of ethics is and why do we need it. Main points of my essay will be: - What is code of ethics? - Why do public relations practitioners need code of ethics? - Case study - How to prevent violation of PR code of ethics? Definition of ethics normally determines
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fundamental to the public relations process? Give examples of different research techniques which may be applied to obtain a variety of information in public relations planning. Research is a fundamental part of the public relations process‚ and can be undertaken at any or all stages of the public relations process depending on the questions asked and the answers to be obtained (Johnston and Zawawi‚ 2004). It has been indicated by James Grunig in Macnamara’s Research in Public Relations: A review of
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with sports has forced public relations into this area of interest. Sports are stimulated by sports public relations‚ sports marketing‚ sports information and sports promotion. Sports marketing’s primary goal is to ensure that sports are profitable while sports public relation’s objective is to establish and maintain long term relationships with sports teams‚ sport professionals and sport organizations‚ with their publics (Hopwood‚ Kitchin‚ Skinner‚ 2010). Sports public relations is also used to maintain
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Objectives of the PR campaign Change in public perception/attitude‚ Build media relationships‚ etc. · Target audience for your client Know the demographic you¹re targeting. Challenges your client might face - Find out what they are and create ways to solve them. · Situation/Competitive Analysis Know what the competition is doing and your client¹s strengths and weaknesses. · Strategies and Tactics you will use to help obtain PR This includes Press Kit development‚ Media Outreach‚ Satellite
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Public presentation is an art of being able to stand in front of an audience and being able to deliver information on a particular topic. Public speaking is a specific field as on one hand it causes fear and anxiety among a great number of population‚ and it can also bring great emotional satisfaction to those who master it on the other hand. So it’s hard for most‚ but can bring fulfilment for those who are willing to do the work of learning it. Wikipedia says: “Presentation is the practice of showing
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PR99 – Contemporary Public Relations Study Guide 1. All of the following are to be considered when making ethical decisions in public relations EXCEPT: * Ethical decisions are based on: the public interest‚ employer or client‚ * professional organization code of ethics and personal values. 2. Which demographic group is the largest consumer of television‚ magazines‚ books‚ and newspapers? * Baby Boomers 3. “Respecting all opinions and supporting the right of
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The History of Public Relations The act of public relations dates back to 52 B.C.E. in ancient Rome and continues on today all around the world. Public relations is defined as the controlling factor that searches to form and maintain relationships between organizations‚ profit or non-profit and the public that are beneficial for both parties (Bates). The age of public relations as a profession evolved in the 20th Century‚ mainly in the United States‚ but its foundation can
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Public Relations The purpose of this paper is to help the student identify and analyze various definitions of the subject matter of the course MKT438. The topic at hand is the term public relations. Upon conclusion the student and both the reader should have a keen understanding of what the purpose of public relations. Firstly‚ the student will attempt to define what public relation is and what it seeks to achieve with no basis on text aptitude. Public relations seek to identify the link between
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