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What people think vs. What people think about

Onclusive

“Fools… are apt to think that events exogenously give us the news by jumping out at us, but, in fact, the news media are choosing the news because their financial success depends on their stories’ viral impact,” wrote Nobel prize-winning economist, Robert Shiller in his book called Narrative Economics.

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

Prohibition

Are you prepared for a PR crisis? Whether it’s a product recall, staff injury becoming public news or something else entirely, a PR crisis can happen to any business. Businesses of all shapes and sizes can fall victim to a PR crisis at any time. What is a PR Crisis? What is a PR Crisis Plan?

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It’s not OK to hibernate your mind – bringing back creativity for Autumn

PR in High Definition

The phrase is said to have originally been a satirical abbreviation for Oll Korrect (all correct) used by proofreaders in a Boston newspaper during the 1840s, before going viral across the world. As much as we want to think it, the crisis certainly isn’t over and it’s not OK to think we are anywhere near safe or normal.

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Old Journalism’s Demise.Good News For Us!

Bad Pitch Blog

While most recognized that Web properties are two-way streets, venerable newspapers and ages-old magazines kept thinking they ruled our worlds. As a guy who wrote for dozens of newspapers in the 1980s, I can report (get it?) I think: "Why is every story about Apple or Google or Microsoft?" Hail to the cheap.

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How the Explainer Changed Digital Media Forever

Contently - Strategy

The first approach yields a timeline of newspaper articles, which you can piece together to create a full story. On the contrary, if you route to an outlet like Vox and search the term “Brexit,” you’re greeted with this: Britain’s roiling Brexit crisis, explained (and updated regularly).

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