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The Misinformation Age: Misinformation, Lies, and Communications

Scott Public Relations

This willingness to follow the crowd is amplified in the modern era of shares and viral content on social media platforms. Even after the official Fairness Doctrine was retired in 2011, many journalists continue to subscribe to the fairness idea. The second concept involves the action of “selective sharing”.

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The Misinformation Age: Misinformation, Lies, and Communications

Scott Public Relations

This willingness to follow the crowd is amplified in the modern era of shares and viral content on social media platforms. Even after the official Fairness Doctrine was retired in 2011, many journalists continue to subscribe to the fairness idea. The second concept involves the action of “selective sharing”.

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In 2011 The PR World Puffs Up Its Chest

Bad Pitch Blog

The upshot of this We The Media paradigm is that as The New York Times shrinks to matchbook size, anyone with tech capabilities can deliver stories, unfiltered, to whoever wants them -- a sure threat to the erstwhile big guys, and one with significant implications for those of us who practice what used to be called "media relations."

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

Stephen Waddington

Table 1: James Grunig and Todd Hunt’s Four Models of Public Relations (1984) Excellence Theory The so-called Excellence Theory[ii] developed over the next decade as a result of a research programme commissioned by the Research Foundation of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) in 1984.

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PR Winners: The Best Stories of 2018

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

What may have been most impressive about the campaign was the surprise factor; Nike had maintained a lengthy silence about Kaepernick, who was actually signed to the brand since 2011, throughout months of protests, quietly re-signing him just before the deal was set to expire. Believe in something.

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