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State of Crisis Communications and Social Media from a Professor’s Perspective

Waxing UnLyrical

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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Why it’s important to prepare for a PR crisis

Prohibition

But don’t immediately choose your MD – reserve them for if the crisis escalates. What will happen if a crisis does happen. Will your customer service team receive an increased amount of calls, what about your website and social media channels? Use all your communications channels.

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Analyzing First Responders In Crisis PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

When a passenger’s video of water flooding a Carnival cruise ship hallway went viral on May 3, it spawned thousands of references to Titanic and some sensational news headlines. Tesla didn’t issue a statement about the accident until four days later, with a blog post titled “What We Know About Last Week’s Accident.”

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Misinformation 2.0: Deepfakes are the biggest threat to media today

PR in High Definition

The phrase went viral back in May when a doctored video appeared to show US politician Nancy Pelosi drunk in a TV interview. Imagine waking up to find a doctored video of you has gone viral, you’re being showered with vile abuse and you’re almost powerless in disproving its authenticity.

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The Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

That’s a mouthful of buzzwords, but Ryan Reeves, a product manager for the company, added some context on LinkedIn: “Signals uses AI to continually read trillions of articles to detect important company trigger-events (viral articles, product launches, financials, partnerships, headcount changes, etc.) in 2019, reaching a record $4.5

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

Prohibition

A PR crisis can destroy a reputation in an instant, so it’s crucial to have a plan in place. What is a PR Crisis Plan? In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. Your customers could make their displeasure known on your Facebook page and Twitter feed.

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Businesses Should Fight Back Against Online Attacks

David PR Group

Social media and online reviews bring an incredible new level of accountability to the customer service equation. The internet enables consumers to reach out to companies and service providers in brand new ways, and I believe the transparency that exists because of these online tools is a great thing for commerce.