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State of Crisis Communications and Social Media from a Professor’s Perspective

Waxing UnLyrical

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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“Social Media Crisis” and Other Buzzwords that Need to Go

Melissa Agnes

This means that a crisis is never a “social media crisis”, but rather a crisis. A crisis is a crisis and when it goes viral it goes viral everywhere, not just on social media. In Fall 2013, the department rebranded the existing PR/social media course, PR2.0, with the new title.

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6 Best Practices for Identifying and Reacting to a PR Crisis

Cision

Crisis communication is an important aspect of most PR roles. In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” Working through a PR crisis. Conclusion.

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Your Favorite MaccaPR Blog Posts: Ellen's Oscar Selfie, Death of PR Spin and Online Content Secrets

MaccaPR

Since MaccaPR first launched in late 2012, we''ve averaged a new blog post nearly every week for our loyal chief marketing and PR officer, corporate communication directors and marketing professional subscribers.

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12 Secrets To Protecting Your Brand From Celebrity Scandals

MaccaPR

Yet, few have asked the more urgent question that faces all brands in this era when smartphones guarantee that a spokes-celebrity’s scandals will be documented for viral eternity: Why wait to act until a brand’s spokesperson is arrested, convicted and imprisoned, his perp walk (and your brand’s collapse) documented across the America?

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