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Why Facebook & Google Can’t Afford to Legitimize Fake News Sources

Cision

In the 1890s, it was called yellow journalism and was a tactic designed by greedy newspaper publishers to sell more newspapers using scandalous (and not necessarily true) headlines. Social media and search engines are riddled with conspiracy theories and misinformation presented as news. Where does that obligation begin and end?

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Who Is Fighting Fake News? [article]

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

has radically changed journalism and public relations , two industries that rely on the free exchange of information and ideas. Another dilemma for the platforms is that both human intervention and technology algorithms have disadvantages, so in a way, they ‘re in a trial-and-error phase. The tech giants. Facebook & Twitter.

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The Thought Leadership PR Strategy: Rule Your Domain

Doctor Spin

Some experts will go for the easy route by simply presenting themselves as such on social media. Source: Journal of Public Relations Research 1 Bourne, C. Journal of Public Relations Research, 27, 322 – … Continue reading Thought leaders must continuously probe existing challenges to find brand-new solutions.

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Digital journalism is alive but is digital PR?

Norton's Notes

Today the BBC announced that it is cutting almost 500 jobs but reinvesting in a further 195 posts to back what it calls ‘digital journalism’. So I think we can safely say that digital journalism is where the BBC believes the future of that industry is headed. So the future of journalism is creative clever digital journalism.

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The Press Release is Not Dead, But It Has Evolved

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Instead, it’s continuously evolving as we adapt to new online platforms, changes in the media landscape, and new technologies. Press releases, news releases, media advisories, media statements and the like are still important in 2023 for myriad reasons, which we’ll cover in this blog post.

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How To Create a Simple Facebook Messenger Bot

Cision

Jes Stiles of Search Engine Journal writes that “Facebook Messenger is the most attractive platform on which to run bots for marketers…due to 1 billion monthly active users, payment, and advertiser integration, as well as a healthy developer ecosystem.” Estee Lauder is using Messenger bots for a mascara sales campaign.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary ( PR Tech Sum ), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana.