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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MKT 438 Defining Public Relations University of Phoenix Your Name: xxxxxxx Date: xxxxxxx‚ 2011 Defining Public Relations Effective relations between an organization and its publics are one of the keys to business success. Given the fact that today’s society is now completely flooded with both electronic and traditional communications‚ the practice of public relations has never been of more value. In fact‚ “In the United States alone‚ public relations is a multibillion-dollar business practiced
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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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Licensing and The Public Relations Professional: (Will They Ever Be Card Carrying Members?) PR’s Pioneers The public relations field has the opportunity to connect its past and present to garner a powerful future‚ by making the PR profession a licensed one. Since the time of such PR pioneers like Edward Bernays (1891 - 1995)‚ argued to be the "father of public relations" and Ivy Lee (1877 1934) also argued to be the "father of public relations‚ PR practitioners have desperately
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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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Defining Public Relations The ability to adhere to one worldwide definition of public relations is a challenging and one might say impossible task‚ and has concerned many public relations specials and scholars alike. They seem to agree that while individuals’ actual definition of public relations might vary in strategy and technique‚ the end goal is always the same‚ to influence public opinion favorably for one’s organization. Public Relations in My Own Words Public Relations deals with a broad
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN HIGHER EDACATION INSTITUTIONS / UNIVERSITIES IN GHANA. A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION‚ WINNEBA. 1.0 WHAT IS PUBLIC RELATIONS Public Relations (PR) results from a convicted and thoughtful communication process that recognizes that favourable public opinion‚ attention and support is not achieved by accident. It recognizes a great deal of hard work since success depends on ensuring that nothing happens by chance. This is probably due to the inevitable growing
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1.0 Definition of Public Relations The concept or idea of specifically defining the term public relations (PR) can be a seemingly impossible task that is by no mean concise. Public Relations mean many different things to different people. Public Relations or PR‚ in short‚ is quite subjective depending on what your intent or overall goal is for communicating or promoting certain information to groups of people. Viewed as a professional endeavor‚ public relations are most often defined as the management
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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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1.1 Describe the evolution of PR from its inception to today. Public relations can represent the needs‚ interests and desires of the organizations various publics/stakeholders to management and then back from management to them‚ explaining the management’s perspectives. It opens a dialogue between an organization and the publics it affects. The study of public relations has generally been led by the United States and can be viewed through five states: The beginning of PR (1600-1799)‚ Communicating/Initiating
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