Anderson Reflection Paper 2 Comm 100 November 11‚ 2012 Since the development of public relations in the 1920s‚ its popularity and significance in the world has grown immensely. Public relations opened up a new way of creating an understanding for a companies‚ people and products‚ much different than had been known through advertising. While advertising is a one-way form of communication that costs money‚ public relations is a two-way communication system that is free and cannot control what people
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The functions of Public Relations (PR) can be grouped into two loose categories: organizational and societal. Many viewpoints of the functions fall into both categories and are not mutually limited. The scope of organizational functions of PR involves actions concerning the company‚ and societal functions of PR interests ’ activities regarding society. Organizational functions of PR are activities that interact with or affect organizations while societal functions of PR have to do with actions that
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Public Relations Paper Public relations means many different things to many different individuals‚ businesses‚ and marketing firms. The true definition of public relations will be determined based on the nature of the work being done and the targeted group for a company to provide its goods and services to. In this paper‚ a personal definition of public relations will be given. In addition‚ three extra definitions of public relations will be presented. A thorough comparison of those definitions
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Introduction Public relations is all around us. Most people can hardly make it through a day without encountering it in some shape or form. There are billboards‚ the Internet‚ e-mails‚ and news agencies‚ which are used by companies and organizations to convey their messages to the public. Before progressing any further‚ just what is public relations? How is public relations defined? This paper will discuss public relations and its definitions from three different sources. Personal Definition
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There is a plethora of definitions when it comes to describing public relations. According to www.prsa.org‚ “Public relations is a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics.” Public relations deals with planning. Planning for the promotion of goods‚ services and the images of organizations in the eyes of the public. Public relations professionals work to build long-term relationships among individuals and institutions.
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Functions of Public Relations MKT 438 Michael Raasch Functions of Public Relations An organizations image and reputation are dependent on the publics’ opinion. The goal of public relations is to be the communicator between an organization and its public. Public relations is a‚ “planned process to influence public opinion‚ through sound character and proper performance‚ bases on mutually satisfactory two way communication” (Seitel‚ p. 4). The role of public relations serves as a communicator
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PR99 – Contemporary Public Relations Study Guide 1. All of the following are to be considered when making ethical decisions in public relations EXCEPT: * Ethical decisions are based on: the public interest‚ employer or client‚ * professional organization code of ethics and personal values. 2. Which demographic group is the largest consumer of television‚ magazines‚ books‚ and newspapers? * Baby Boomers 3. “Respecting all opinions and supporting the right of
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Public Relations and Marketing Both Public Relations and Marketing are very popular and useful majors in American universities. However‚ many people are not able to distinguish the differences between them because they have similar functions for a company. What is more‚ some companies set up a Marketing Department and ask the department to do the Public Relations tasks. According to what I learned from college‚ I would like to say that Public Relations is necessary for a successful company
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icDefinitions of Public Relations 1. MEXICO STATEMENT Public relations is the Art and Social Science of analyzing trends‚ predicting their consequences‚ counseling organizational leaders‚ and implementing planned programs of action which serve both the organizations and the public interest. 2. PUBLIC RELATIONS NEWS Public relations is the Management Function which evaluates public attitudes‚ identifies the policies and procedures of an individual or organization with the Public Interest‚ and
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discretion and administrative law. Bureaucratic discretion factors heavily into the administrative process‚ as public administrators try to put into effect what Congress makes (politically) through broad and sometimes vague mandates. Agencies are granted considerable discretion to take Congressional mandates and funds and put them into practice so as to produce a specific outcome. How public sector employees do this varies from agency to agency; but the number of variables involved in programmatic design
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