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Social media updates: Instagram caption polls, TikTok’s silent fallout & LinkedIn introduces Sponsored Articles

Prohibition

It’s a reminder that responsible and ethical marketing practices are pivotal in this evolving digital landscape. TikTok-aligned music is the latest way for songs and artists to be found, through aiming to go ‘viral’ on the app. This dispute implies a potential shift in content creation strategies for TikTok marketers.

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Is It Plagiarism or Jumping on a Trend? The Ethics of Social Media Content

Contently - Strategy

Social copying happens across all social platforms: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and the like. For example, Kylie Cosmetics went viral for all the wrong reasons for plagiarizing smaller cosmetic companies. Or you could re-share thought leadership on LinkedIn while adding your brand’s perspective.

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PR Glossary: 30 Key Terms and Insights Every Professional Should Know

Newsfile

Social media monitoring involves tracking brand mentions, conversations, and sentiment across social platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.). Newsjacking is a media strategy where a brand capitalizes on viral news stories to market itself. What is Viral Marketing? What is Social Media Monitoring? What is Native Advertising?

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Marketing Must Fight Fakes

Mindful Marketing

The two LinkedIn invitations from imaginary people I mentioned above are cases in point; I’ve received many more, as others reading this piece probably have also. In the segment , NBC reporter Jacob Soboroff asks Fisher about the ethics of deepfake video and whether it could be a threat to democracy.

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5 Ways Social Media is Used to Mislead or Misinform

Waxing UnLyrical

Facebook memes are scary because they can be used to justify almost any fact, are easy to make viral, and are hard to argue with due to the speed with which they are created. The quote went viral, thus crediting the tweeter. No, our job is to keep social media ethical. Twitter and Facebook both contain plenty of fake followers.

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

MaccaPR

Gwen Chynoweth called upon our industry to end the use of the word in " R.I.P. For PR Spin: Ethics, Public Relations and The Imminent Death of ‘Spin’. ". #7. "Spin" connotes deception, obfuscation, misdirection and other smoke and mirrors tactics to hide the truth.

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PRoust Questionnaire: Sean Kelly

PR Conversations

Sincerity, loyalty, sound judgment, trustworthiness and a commitment to the values and ethical foundations of the PR profession—which just happen to be expressed in the CPRS Code of Professional Standards —are the qualities I most admire. The film (starring Al Pacino) was about ethics and standing up for your principles at any cost.

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