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What people think vs. What people think about

Onclusive

“Fools… are apt to think that events exogenously give us the news by jumping out at us, but, in fact, the news media are choosing the news because their financial success depends on their stories’ viral impact,” wrote Nobel prize-winning economist, Robert Shiller in his book called Narrative Economics.

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

Newsfile

Newsjacking is a media strategy where a brand capitalizes on viral news stories to market itself. It assesses sustainability practices, social impact, and ethical governance PR professionals collaborate with internal teams to compile ESG data and communicate it transparently to stakeholders. What is Viral Marketing?

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It’s not OK to hibernate your mind – bringing back creativity for Autumn

PR in High Definition

The phrase is said to have originally been a satirical abbreviation for Oll Korrect (all correct) used by proofreaders in a Boston newspaper during the 1840s, before going viral across the world. The word ‘OK’ has been around for about 180 years. Ease creates, urgency destroys. Listen to your employees.

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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. Imagine waking up to find a doctored video of you has gone viral, you’re being showered with vile abuse and you’re almost powerless in disproving its authenticity.

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How John Lewis got #ManOnTheMoon so right

The Resolution Blog

Even if you don’t watch TV, you couldn’t have missed it, it’s everywhere; every newspaper and magazine seems to have written about the advert. Internally we have been discussing the STEPPS model recently (a model taken fromJonah Berger’s book, Contagious, which looks at why things go viral).

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Behind the Headlines With Dan Gregory

Cision

Dan Gregory, vice president of Susan Davis International, knows the importance of representing your client well and telling their story accurately. My first position was at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a foreign policy and international security think tank. Is your content driving results?

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Media 102? A brief update to media 101

PR in High Definition

They’re the main players that make up the journalist line-up that you’ll find in every national newspaper in the UK today. The gig economy as a whole has boomed in the UK in recent years and the media has benefited from this; the number of freelancers contributing to newspapers and magazines feels at an all-time high.

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