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Cognitive Dissonance: Mental Harmony Above All Else

Doctor Spin

Source: Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology 1 Cooper, J. Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology : Volume 1, 377–397. Source: The Western Journal of Medicine 4 Harris, N. The Western Journal of Medicine, 145 1, 105. Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 5 Elliot, A., & Devine, P.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Doug Levy

Solo PR Pro

After college, Doug was a typical journalism nomad, working in newsrooms in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. The handbook guides new or experienced public information officers on best practices for communicating life-safety and other urgent information during an emergency. From journalist to PR pro.

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AP Style: How relevant is it in 2019?

Communications Conversations

Now, you could say a lot of that digital media time is spent consuming traditional news media showing up in online and social channels (and you might be right), but another big piece of that is merely social content that is definitely not ruled by the AP Style Handbook. Posts from friends (full of typos and poor grammar).

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The Amplification Hypothesis: How To Counter Extreme Positions Effectively

Doctor Spin

Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, … Continue reading How does the amplification hypothesis work? Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95 (4), 810–825. Freedheim (Ed.) History of psychology. Weiner (Ed.) New York: Wiley.

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PR and propaganda in Ukraine

Stuart Bruce

A good reference for doing this is the Verification Handbook from the European Journalism Centre. This was a good example of why PR professionals involved in issues management and crisis communications need to use advanced digital communications skills to help them identify false and misleading information.

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Are You Listening?

Journalistics

Don’t make it too “employee handbook”, but rather “guidelines for engaging.” As an example, I monitor “journalism”? to see what questions people are asking about journalism. Things won’t always go smoothly, but make a concerted effort to get better over time. Monitor your Twitter and Facebook accounts more closely.

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#19: Building a framework for reputation management

NewsWhip

And worst-case scenario, you obviously don’t want to be on the negative end of a Wall Street Journal story. So not too many companies might have a handbook on how to manage their operations or suppliers or whatever during a pandemic, it’s a once-in-a-century event.