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A Look at Today’s Crisis Realities and How To Manage Them

Melissa Agnes

Everything has viral potential. If your crisis is news worthy, relatable and has an emotional impact, it has a good chance of going viral – quicker than you can imagine. If your crisis is news worthy, relatable and has an emotional impact, it has a good chance of going viral – quicker than you can imagine.

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A Look at Today’s Crisis Realities and How To Manage Them

Melissa Agnes

Everything has viral potential. If your crisis is news worthy, relatable and has an emotional impact, it has a good chance of going viral – quicker than you can imagine. If your crisis is news worthy, relatable and has an emotional impact, it has a good chance of going viral – quicker than you can imagine.

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7 Lessons That Ryan Lochte’s Olympic Crisis Can Teach PR Pros

MaccaPR

Sponsors from Speedo to Ralph Lauren fell away from Lochte, as social media posters and journalists feasted on the crushed reputation of the 32-year-old Olympian. The reporter posted the mother’s story on Twitter, which went viral with over 3,000 retweets. The cover-up cost him four sponsors, his reputation and – maybe – his career.”.

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

Stephen Waddington

In a paper for the Journal of Public Relations Research[v] Michael Karlberg makes the case that the Excellence Theory is overly concerned with consumers as a primary audience. Other challenges include ethics, power, propaganda and Western bias. Table 3: Academic criticism of the Excellence Theory.

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The Top PR Threats To Your Company’s Reputation

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In today’s volatile media and social environment, brand reputation is fragile. But when it comes to most types of reputation crises, they are decidedly unwelcome. According to the World Economic Forum , more than twenty-five percent of a company’s market value is directly attributable to its brand reputation.

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Facebook PR Exposed

Flatiron Communications

It said little about fake accounts or the organic posts created by Russian trolls that had gone viral on Facebook, disclosing only that Russian agents had spent roughly $100,000?—?a The stock tanked, but more importantly so did Facebook’s already sullied reputation. Later that day, the company’s abbreviated blog post went up.