pretty obvious that the ’legacy of horsemeat scandal hangs over [the] food industry’ (Gavin Megaw‚ 2014)‚ this time involving a string of supermarket chains in the UK. Although national environment secretary Owen Paterson has confirmed that the beef products which contain horsemeat ’pose no health risk’ (BBC‚ 2013)‚ there has been much controversy about the unethical behaviour of mixing horsemeat to prolong the shelf life of processed meat and mislabelling food (Judith Woods‚ 2013). Both past and contemporary
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Functions of Public Relation It has been reported that Public Relations or PR is the art of managing communication between an organization and its key publics to build‚ manage and sustain a positive image (“”‚ 2006)‚ and is an important function in the desire of any business organization or company to establish its reputation and brand image to its target market. For this reason‚ it is essential to determine the several functions of public relations‚ categorized as organizational and societal. This
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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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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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PRO and what is the scope of PRO ? PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER (PRO) : According to the Institute of Public Relations‚ USA‚ "Public Relations is a deliberate‚ planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public." A public relations officer (PRO)‚ also known as ’Media Specialist‚’ is the spokesperson of an organization. His or her role is to convey the policies and interests of the organization to the public through various modes of media. For
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Ethics in the field of Public Relations Public Relations (PR) is a growing field today. Many people view the profession as unethical‚ because its goal is to influence public opinion. Just a few unethical people can tarnish an image of a whole field. One of the first people to use PR techniques was P. T. Barnum. For example‚ he created a birth certificate for a woman who was claiming to have been George Washington ’s personal nurse. This would have made the woman over 160 years old. People like P
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Public Relations and Marketing Both Public Relations and Marketing are very popular and useful majors in American universities. However‚ many people are not able to distinguish the differences between them because they have similar functions for a company. What is more‚ some companies set up a Marketing Department and ask the department to do the Public Relations tasks. According to what I learned from college‚ I would like to say that Public Relations is necessary for a successful company
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EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC RELATIONS OVER TIME. Public relations has been with us for thousands of years. The greek for example had a word for it‚ sematikos which means sematics‚ which can br defined as getting people to believe and to do things. That‚ is not a bad defination of public relations. In 50 B.C julius ceaser wrote the first campaign biography‚ ceasers gallic wars. He publicized his military exploits to convince the roman people that he would make the best head of state. Candidates for
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The Role of Public Relations A career in public relations consist of a broad range of ethics all for the sole purpose of communicating with other people‚ companies and to inhibit a better working environment. Public relation workers deal with numerous ways of getting the message out to organizations and to the public where one will realize whether or not they have created publicity for a specific trademark or person. Public relations is a beneficial system that uses communication processes to
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Public Relations What is public relations? There seems to be many different answers to that question. Merriam-Webster ’s online dictionary defines public as "of‚ relating to‚ or affecting all the people or the whole area of a nation or state." It defines relations as "the state of being mutually or reciprocally interested" (Merriam-Webster‚ 2005). These two definitions indicate that public relations affect all the people of a nation or state that are mutually interested. This paper will provide
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