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The latest move by the Home Office – paying Albanian social media influencers to ‘de-influence’ migrants from crossing the channel – is undeniably audacious.

Mark My Words

Influencers, viral videos and gamified messaging helped the party resonate with younger demographics on their turf, propelling the party to victory. As we contemplate our general election, I wonder how much more we can expect our government to pull from the Antipodean playbook.

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

Newsfile

A User-generated content (UGC) is any content—text, videos, images, reviews, or testimonials—created by people, rather than brands. Newsjacking is a media strategy where a brand capitalizes on viral news stories to market itself. It appears as sponsored articles, videos, or social media posts. What is Viral Marketing?

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“Post Truth.” Navigating Misinformation and Managing Reputations

Reputation Us

If we can’t trust journalists from reputable media outlets, scientific studies, doctors, the government, the education system, marketing, or previous generations, who can we trust? government had replaced all living birds with secret drones and sophisticated robotic replicas to spy on Americans. Finding the truth today is difficult.

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Top five PR Disasters of 2022 so far

Prohibition

From governments comms gone wrong (again!) Not only did her comments go viral, but it was also picked up by the media too, gaining even more traction than the original 50 second podcast clip. Molly Mae did an interview on my podcast, yesterday a soundbite from that interview went viral, she trended No.1 No one cared.

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Misinformation 2.0: Deepfakes are the biggest threat to media today

PR in High Definition

The phrase went viral back in May when a doctored video appeared to show US politician Nancy Pelosi drunk in a TV interview. Similar videos followed quickly, and they were even more impressive. A government could be unsettled by a foreign player. Not this time.

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Is PR to Blame When Apathy Reigns?

ReimaginePR

Joanne Liu received the Canadian Public Relations Society President’s Award in recognition of “the work that [MSF] has done to raise awareness about Ebola and engage governments in a global call to action.”. Although Dr. Liu couldn’t attend in person, she accepted via video and made some poignant remarks. The Anti-Campaign?

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The 5 Phases of Becoming Crisis Ready

Melissa Agnes

This process is based off of the Crisis Ready Model, which is a model I’ve developed throughout my years of helping organizations—from international corporations, to government agencies around the world, to businesses just like yours—become crisis ready. Phase 2: Understand the different variables and impacts.

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