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How Not To Get Cancelled: A PR View

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

And internet justice can be even more consequential for ordinary people whose offenses fall short of slapping someone on live television. Once you’re cancelled, it’s too late to reach out to friends and allies, and if the situation is radioactive, they’ll go radio silent. The same is true for brands and businesses.

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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

It’s a major mistake to treat issue and crisis as interchangeable terms. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed.

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Succession Season Premiere: What Was All That Media Monitoring Talk About?

Critical Mention

The third installment of HBO Max’s hit series “Succession” was one of the most highly anticipated seasons of television in 2021. But putting the humor of the situation aside, this episode makes a salient point about the importance of a real-time media monitoring platform, especially during a big news event or crisis.

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People Mistrust Media Reports About Climate Change, Study Finds

PRSay

In interviews aimed at understanding skepticism about climate change, the study found that many participants are suspicious of language that presents climate change as a crisis or an urgent threat. Networks and radio and newspapers and television — they’re all getting paid to tell me something,” one interviewee said.

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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

PRSay

There were newspapers, magazines, wire services, trade publications, TV and radio. In our initial edition of the “Public Relations Handbook,” we discussed how one company had incredibly transmitted information via satellite from the United States to Japan, with a two-way, closed-circuit television between Tokyo and Chicago.

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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

It’s a major mistake to treat issue and crisis as interchangeable terms. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed.

Crisis 133
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Super Bowl LVIII — Record Viewership, the Ads and the Taylor Effect: February Roundup

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Viewership History is Made CBS’ broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday was the most-watched television event in US history, according to Nielsen figures — with 123.4 To put it in perspective, this year’s big game was the most-watched US television broadcast since the moon landing.

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