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This Week in PR Ethics (5/18/23): Taking on Climate Lies

Ethical Voices

The studies showed how social media and news media are spreading climate misinformation. Some of these just had one word mentions so the researchers narrowed down their analysis to a smaller number of “problematic” ads across 16 media outlets. One crucial message clearly resonated.

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Book Review: A Century of Spin

Wadds Inc.

Ethics in public relations practice can be a challenging issue. It’s an appropriate time to revisit A Century of Spin, first published in 2008 by the then University of Strathclyde professors David Miller and William Dinan. Dinan is currently Head of the Division of Communication, Media and Culture at the University of Stirling.

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15 years after: the collective “grilling” of Jim Grunig still delivers visionary insights on the future of PR

PR Conversations

Let’s look at some of the main statements made by Jim during the 2008 interview and ask ourselves some questions: I dislike the term “targeted” publics. Jim Grunig (2008) Powerful and meaningful statement on the fact that we need to see the reality (also or mostly) through the publics’ eyes. “I

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The top 10 most-read blog posts on Sword and the Script in 2023

Sword and the Script

The content readers viewed the most were largely about the topics of generative AI in PR and marketing – with a touch of Twitter and a sprinkle of marketing budgets In 2008 I came home from a long deployment to find the PR and marketing world had changed. Social media was blossoming. And the media landscape was evolving.

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Study: CEO Turnover Rate in 2018 Was the Highest in 10 Years

PRSay

According to a study by executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a total of 1,452 CEOs left their posts in 2018, marking the highest number of departures since 2008’s 1,484 and a 25.2 percent uptick from 2017’s 1,160. There’s a lot of uncertainty as we begin 2019.

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For comms pros, Silicon Valley Bank is a reminder that trust is currency

Sword and the Script

The financial crisis of 2008-2009 still haunts many of us; Frayed nerves. And while reasonable people can disagree about the cause, there’s no debating the effect: Depositors lost faith. And while reasonable people can disagree about the cause, there’s no debating the effect: Depositors lost faith. They lost confidence.

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P.T. Barnum: “There’s No Such Thing as Bad Publicity”

Doctor Spin

Barnum (1810–1891) was a savvy publicity showman, one who impacted particular aspects of public relations and advertising, primarily event planning, event promotion and true publicity/media coverage. This was done by embracing controversy, using storytelling to his advantage, and sometimes, pushing ethical boundaries. Tormala, Z.