To explore current public relations/communications practices with Wikipedia, I’m conducting a survey sponsored by the Arthur W. Page Center. My goal is to explore current engagement with Wikipedia and identify what changes are necessary.
I started researching Wikipedia in 2006 with Marcus Messner, Virginia Commonwealth University, and we have been arguing for years that public relations professionals should monitor their Wikipedia articles
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There is quite a lot of science in crisis response to go with the art.
I was interviewed a few weeks ago (along with PRSA Chair Gerry Corbett and Council of Public Relations Firms’ Senior Vice President Matt Shaw) by The Business Journals for an article on “How to respond to bad publicity.” The thr
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Economist Daniel Klein recently wrote a piece in the Atlantic that shows just how important it is to ask the right questions in research. A colleague of Klein designed a survey to explore whether ideological differences stem more from people’s beliefs about how the world works or from differences in their basic values. Klein and the colleague then isolated a few of the questions to t
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If you have ever wondered what the best, worst, funniest, happiest, most dramatic or insightful presentation of public relations is, PRDepiction can help answer your questions.
PRDepiction, a blog devoted to the depiction of public relations in film, TV, radio and books, across all media, has just been launched. In addition to recent productions and books, it lists many of the earliest films and novels that incorporate PR characters.
Although not the first movie about publicity, Bing Crosb
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Does academic research matter to public relations practitioners? Be not afraid. Come into the light with me, a non-PhD practitioner who finds value in academic research. In this series of posts, I will seek out quality academic and other research, drawing insights for communications practitioners.
Communicating in an environment of risk is one of the more difficult roles for senior communications strategists.
In larger organizations risk assessment often is managed b
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A new book called Leveraging Corporate Responsibility: The Stakeholder Route to Maximizing Business and Social Value by Bhattacharya, Sen and Korshun, is a must read for communication professionals. It shines new light on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and documents what I have been saying about CSR for years, namely that it can be money well s
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Recently I wrote an article for The Strategist, The Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA’s) magazine dedicated to executive-level public relations professionals. The article addressed the sometimes sticky question of how to disagree effectively with clients and management. One of the points made in the article was how important it is to back up recommendations—especially when they may be novel, controversial, or unexpected—with data. In this blog, I’ve been invited to fo
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How do management behavior and leadership effectiveness influence internal communication outcomes, such as employee perception of organizational reputation?
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As a public relations professor who teaches a research and evaluation course, I know firsthand the challenge of keeping up with res
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Beijing’s 798 Art District, fashioned from military-industrial facilities built by East German e
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