1.0 Definition of Public Relations The concept or idea of specifically defining the term public relations (PR) can be a seemingly impossible task that is by no mean concise. Public Relations mean many different things to different people. Public Relations or PR‚ in short‚ is quite subjective depending on what your intent or overall goal is for communicating or promoting certain information to groups of people. Viewed as a professional endeavor‚ public relations are most often defined as the management
Premium Public relations
1 Introduction Like every discipline also public relations have own code of ethics. Such a kind of code we need to prevent unethical actions. In some cases the code gets violated. In the following essay I will explain what code of ethics is and why do we need it. Main points of my essay will be: - What is code of ethics? - Why do public relations practitioners need code of ethics? - Case study - How to prevent violation of PR code of ethics? Definition of ethics normally determines
Premium Public relations Ethics
Public relation (PR) is active managing of communication of an organization or business to create and maintain a positive image. Public relation involves popularizing successes‚ downplaying failures‚ announcing changes‚ and many other activities. The term Public Relations was first used by the US President Thomas Jefferson during his address to Congress in 1807. Today “Public Relation is a set of management‚ supervisory‚ and technical functions that foster an organization’s ability to strategically
Premium Public relations Communication Advertising
The History of Public Relations The act of public relations dates back to 52 B.C.E. in ancient Rome and continues on today all around the world. Public relations is defined as the controlling factor that searches to form and maintain relationships between organizations‚ profit or non-profit and the public that are beneficial for both parties (Bates). The age of public relations as a profession evolved in the 20th Century‚ mainly in the United States‚ but its foundation can
Premium Public relations
Functions of Public Relations Functions of Public Relations The functions of public relations take many forms in different organizations. Public relations specialists handle organizational and societal functions such as media‚ community‚ consumer‚ industry‚ and governmental relations as well as political campaigns‚ interest-group representation‚ conflict mediation‚ or employee and investor relations. They help an organization and its public become accustomed and adapt to each other (U.S. DOL
Premium Public relations
The Role of Public Relations A career in public relations consist of a broad range of ethics all for the sole purpose of communicating with other people‚ companies and to inhibit a better working environment. Public relation workers deal with numerous ways of getting the message out to organizations and to the public where one will realize whether or not they have created publicity for a specific trademark or person. Public relations is a beneficial system that uses communication processes to
Premium Public relations Communication
Licensing and The Public Relations Professional: (Will They Ever Be Card Carrying Members?) PR’s Pioneers The public relations field has the opportunity to connect its past and present to garner a powerful future‚ by making the PR profession a licensed one. Since the time of such PR pioneers like Edward Bernays (1891 - 1995)‚ argued to be the "father of public relations" and Ivy Lee (1877 1934) also argued to be the "father of public relations‚ PR practitioners have desperately
Premium Public relations
Public Relations The purpose of this paper is to help the student identify and analyze various definitions of the subject matter of the course MKT438. The topic at hand is the term public relations. Upon conclusion the student and both the reader should have a keen understanding of what the purpose of public relations. Firstly‚ the student will attempt to define what public relation is and what it seeks to achieve with no basis on text aptitude. Public relations seek to identify the link between
Premium Public relations
Looking for a Career Option in the Field of Public Relations? This section features Public Relations as a career option‚ elaborated with reference to the job profile‚ personality traits required‚ the courses and training involved‚ premier institutions and future prospects. Public Relation is a management function that involves monitoring and evaluating public attitudes and maintaining mutual relations and understanding between an organisation and its public. Public could include shareholders‚ government
Premium Public relations
1.1 Describe the evolution of PR from its inception to today. Public relations can represent the needs‚ interests and desires of the organizations various publics/stakeholders to management and then back from management to them‚ explaining the management’s perspectives. It opens a dialogue between an organization and the publics it affects. The study of public relations has generally been led by the United States and can be viewed through five states: The beginning of PR (1600-1799)‚ Communicating/Initiating
Premium Public relations