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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. It has been widely criticised for the propagation of misinformation on the platform most recently in a report on fake news by the Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. Astroturfing should be called out in the strongest terms.

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AI and Journalism: What’s Next?

PRSay

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. AI will become part of news gathering.

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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. He was the campaign’s chief architect.

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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. Thinking over your career, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted at work? If you want to do sports or celebrity, a lot of them do great, somebody needs to go do that. But you know what?

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Just Divided over Nike's New Ad

Mindful Marketing

The last game he played was in January of 2017, but Kaepernick has since become the face and voice of a movement that extends well beyond professional sports. ” The first step in this Mindful Marketing analysis is ethics: Does Nike’s ad uphold societal values? Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

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