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Information Asymmetry: The Informed Minority Advantage

Doctor Spin

And what does information asymmetry mean for public relations ? Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for analysing markets with asymmetric information. The Mole (TV Series, 2001–2008). Ethical Implications of Information Asymmetry In the 2nd century BCE, the Greek Stoics told the tale of the Merchant of Rhodes.

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The art of smart thinking in public relations

PR Conversations

This PR Conversations post looks at the challenges in attracting smart people to build sustainable careers in public relations, by sharing a conversation that I’ve had with Ann Pilkington, founder of PR Academy , the largest provider of professional PR qualifications in the UK. . Dr. Heather Yaxley.

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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. It’s become the default activity of public communications even around series issues.

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Ways to Open Dialogue, Ease Tension During Times of Tragedy

PRSay

The two recent nightclub mass shootings in Fort Myers and Orlando, Florida, the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a number of other horrific mass shootings, along with the increased incidents of tragic deaths among African Americans, as well as police officers, leave us with feelings of helplessness, anger and fear. Rochelle L.

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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 Intersection of Bias, Ethics and PR Stunts in Media Relations. Yet the voice of reason isn’t just ethical, it’s an inspirational way to communicate. It gained traction to the extent it wound up capturing the attention of very publication that had ignored my pitch in the first place…and earned coverage anyway.

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A critical review of Excellence Theory in an era of digital communication

Stephen Waddington

Excellence Theory is a much debated model of public relations practice. Four Models of Public Relation In 1984, James Grunig and Todd Hunt published the Four Models of Public Relations as part of their book Managing Public Relations. This is the paper that I wrote for my CIPR Chartered Practitioner assessment in 2012.

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Conducting historical interviews in a transparent age

PR Conversations

This is a critical aspect of scholarship, but is commonly lacking in practice, particularly within public relations where crowd-sourcing exercises and publicity-oriented surveys may be viewed unproblematically. The historical period in my investigation is 1995-2015, which was a time of notable growth in public relations.