Traditional perspectives of public relations address image maintenance and relationship management tactics within corporate and non-profit sectors. The field of Political Public Relations (PPR), however, applies PR foundations to aid political candidates, campaign
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This post is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center.
Organizations are increasingly adopting an integrated approach to internal and external communication, but many practitioners insist on treating internal stakeholders as a distinct audience, which means external content alone is
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This blog post, written by Dr. Terry Flynn and Tim Li, is based on a research paper by Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Ph.D., Ziggy O’Reilly, Jesse S. Reid, Ee Pin Chang, of University of Western Australia.
Key findings
Both simple retractions of falsehood and short factual refutations
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In partnership with Ragan, “How We Did It” features IPR Trustees offering insight into an initiative or decision that had a positive impact.
Aflac has donated over $135 million to the research and treatment of pediatric cancer, including establishing the Aflac Cancer a
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New York, NY – The Institute for Public Relations (IPR) will award Lynn M. Zoch, Ph.D., professor emerita at Virginia’s Radford University the IPR Pathfinder Award at the 2019 Annual Distinguished Lecture & Awards Dinner on November 19 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.
IPR gives this lifetime
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This summary post is by the IPR Street Team. It appears courtesy of the PR Journal and the authors Katy Robinson, Ph.D., and Patrick Thelen, Ph.D., University of Florida.
The full study, “What Makes the Grapevine So Effective? An Employee Perspective on Employee- organization communication and Peer-to-peer Communication,” ca
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In partnership with Ragan, “How We Did It” is a blog series that features IPR Trustees offering insight into an initiative or decision that had a positive impact.
Guerrilla marketing sometimes lives up to its name, as when LED devices are mistaken for bombs in a major city—and all h
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This blog post, written by Dr. Terry Flynn and Tim Li, is based on a research paper by Thomas Wood, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Ohio State University; and Ethan Porter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University.
Key Findings
A “b
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In partnership with PR News, “Lessons Earned”is a series featuring IPR Trustees sharing a difficult lesson.
Failure is the mother of success. This saying has never been truer for me than when I think about how I d
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