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Kirk Hallahan’s Five Types of Publics

Doctor Spin

Kirk Hallahan, Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University , proposes five types of publics based on their knowledge and involvement: 1 Hallahan, K. Please support my blog by sharing it with other PR- and communication professionals. Inactive publics: The forgotten publics in public relations.

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Information Asymmetry: The Informed Minority Advantage

Doctor Spin

Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for analysing markets with asymmetric information. The Mole (TV Series, 2001–2008). Doctor Spin | The PR Blog. Source: Journal of Professional Communication 9 Grunig, J. Journal of Professional Communication, 1. Doctor Spin | The PR Blog. 8 Silfwer, J.

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Influencer Insights: Media Moves and Intel for June 20

Beyond PR

Financial Times: Alexandra Scaggs ( @alexandrascaggs ) joins the “Alphaville” ( @FTAlphaville ) blog team to cover financial markets. government bonds and before that she reported on stocks and trends at The Wall Street Journal for three years. Givens has been with “Ed Week” since 2001 when she became the general manager.

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Paying for the destruction of public relations

PR Conversations

In 2001, a British installation artist, Michael Landy, won a commission for his work, Break Down, that involved the destruction of all his possessions as a reaction to the consumerist society. Fifteen years later, as Davis has noted, promotional practice has become ubiquitous. Cosmoblogawards. Money can’t buy respect.

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By But that’s a talent supply issue for a different blog post. By the way, the WSJ reporter on that byline used to write for PRWeek).

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Survey: Most PR Pros Say that Media Relations is Getting Harder – Here’s What You Can Do About It

Deirdre Breakenridge

The days of objectivity are gone and the days of combative, aggressive, argumentative ‘in your face’ journalism has taken its place.”. A high profile blog was “tipped off” to the feigned outrage and the rest of the media then picked up on it and duly reported the incident as controversy.

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A Brand Is a Business Risk to be Understood and Managed; Off Script No. 40: Brianna Carroll Boyle

Sword and the Script

When I got out of school in 2001, for instance, few of my clients cared about mentions in online outlets. One publication or blog you read regularly is… (BCB) Wall Street Journal CMO Today. The 24-hour news cycle has changed the PR game and greatly upped the stakes. Online influencers and bloggers were basically unheard of.

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