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Astroturfing has no place in modern public relations or public affairs

Stephen Waddington

Propaganda has no place in modern public affairs or public relations. Jim Waterson writing in The Guardian highlights dark Facebook Pages that CTF has run on behalf of the Airbus, Canary Wharf Group and the Saudi government. Astroturfing should be called out in the strongest terms.

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Downing Street’s communications revolutionary

Stephen Waddington

It spotlights the need for urgent legislation to govern political campaigning. It’s one of the greatest marketing and public relations campaigns of my lifetime. It also challenged everything that we know about ethical communications. My article last week outlines the developing narrative and numerous ethical issues.

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We Must Confront the Uncomfortable Truths – Roger Bolton

Ethical Voices

He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: It’s great to be with you, Mark. It was the end of my journalism career, but within two weeks I knew that I’d made the right decision, because not only was I writing stuff for him, but I was influencing the way he thought about things. But you know what?

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

Sword and the Script

Public affairs: This involves working with government officials and agencies to shape public policy and advocate on behalf of an organization.”. This is reflective of a traditional view of public relations. ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic.

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Hyundai “Message To Space” TV Spot – Marketing Masterpiece or Brilliant Illusion?

MaccaPR

Ethically ambiguous? By not naming the astronaut in ‘Message To Space’ and using commercial storytelling for the event, I think Hyundai was within the boundaries of dramatization ethics as consumer viewers understand them.”. “Was the spot intentionally misleading?” asks Preston. Source: Hyundai ). “You It was a brand win.

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Maxim Behar in Kamen Vodenicharov's show "The Evening of." on 7/8 TV

Maxim Behar

In 2002 I was responsible for coming up with the standard of the country’s business ethics. Many people have asked me what business ethics is. However, if we make them transparently that means it is ethical. So, there is no propaganda, there is Public Relations that tells the truth. Get busy doing public outreach.

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Examining the (weird) science of communication presentations

PR Conversations

Whether it is a field of scientific endeavour, a corporate communications challenge or an attempt to communicate the position of a government or government department, a diverse talent pool will eventually do a better job than a single demographic. By Mike Spear.