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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. Lobbying firm CTF has allegedly run social media campaigns on behalf of its clients that appeared to originate from grassroot activities. Astroturfing should be called out in the strongest terms. Facebook provides tools to target and amplify content.

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AI and Journalism: What’s Next?

PRSay

The intersection of journalism and AI is the most important media issue of our time. News organizations are experimenting with AI for gathering financial data and for applications like a “virtual sports editor,” who reads scores and stats, as well as monitoring for AI-generated misinformation, particularly around politics.

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Teamwork Is a Contact Sport

Waxing UnLyrical

in team sports. The modern-day work environment doesn’t do a whole lot to help the situation either , especially for those of us who work in public relations and find ourselves communicating more and more via social media platforms. Social media interaction isn’t exactly a team sport. I can have a good idea.

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Downing Street’s communications revolutionary

Stephen Waddington

It also challenged everything that we know about ethical communications. The Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee led by Damian Collins scrutinised the referendum campaign. My article last week outlines the developing narrative and numerous ethical issues. Few in the media have called it out.

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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. ” So, I ended up taking a job at IBM as head of global media relations. Thinking over your career, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted at work? Thank you so much for the opportunity.