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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA, a decorated PRSA leader who was a friend and mentor to many members and champion for the ethical practice of public relations, died suddenly in his South Carolina home on Nov. Epley helped establish professional, ethical public relations in Russia shortly after the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

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Owning public relations as a management discipline

Wadds Inc.

As the CIPR celebrates its 75th anniversary, practitioners need to own public relations as a management discipline and move beyond communication tasks. My use of the term public relations in practice and within management has become a personal form of idolatry. What’s important is the management viewpoint of public relations.

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Unlocking the strategic potential of internal communications

Wadds Inc.

My focus as a public relations practitioner and management researcher is on elevating the internal communications function's role in management. I pitched a research proposal that has become the basis of a PhD study to my co-editor of Exploring Public Relations and Management Communication, Prof Dr Ralph Tench, at Leeds Business School.

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Trust Me, PR is dead – long live public relations

Stuart Bruce

That said there is much to take about public relations from the book, not least Robert’s definitions of the five major threats facing public relations: data and insights; outcomes, not outputs; networks, not hierarchies; scale; talent. Can you remember who Time magazine’s person of the year was in 2005? I disagree.

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R.I.P. For PR Spin: Ethics, Public Relations and The Imminent Death of “Spin”

MaccaPR

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has declared this September as "Ethics Awareness Month," complete with "The New Era of Authenticity" as a theme. There’s also a Google+ Hangout on PR ethics, webinars and a #PRethics hashtag. Deservedly, the active use of spin has given the PR industry a black eye.

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Framing in PR: How To Bypass Confirmation Bias

Doctor Spin

Stakeholders and publics will likely perceive corporate messaging based on their pre-existing confirmation biases. “We Source: Journal of Public Relations Research 1 Hallahan, K. Seven Models of Framing: Implications for Public Relations. Journal of Public Relations Research, 11, 205–242. Framing of choices.

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New Year’s Honours 2015

Stuart Bruce

Public relations. Professor Anne Gregory @gregsanne – I’ve known Anne for more than 20 years and she’s one of the most impressive advocates I know for increasing professionalism in public relations and emphasising how ethics should be at the heart of what we do.

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