This blog is presented by the IPR Measurement Commission. “If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” A modern version of this 18th century thought experiment by the philosopher and cleric George Berkeley might read: “If the EU fines a big tech firm billions of dollars, and no one has the power to enforce ...
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The concept of engagement has attracted a great amount of attention from both scholars and practitioners in PR. Various forms of engagement have been examined, including digital engagement, public engagement, and employee engagement. Nevertheless, engagement is still not clearly defined in our field and industry (Jelen-Sanchez, 2017). B
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A new report by the Center for Political Accountability highlights the heightened risks – reputational and business – that companies face from political spending in today’s polarized political environment. Entitled “Colli
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A Conversation with Vern Oakley, CEO of Tribe Pictures
The nature of authenticity and trust is changing. Recently I wondered, is it possible to fake authenticity? And can trust exist between people and organizations without authenticity? It’s an existential questi
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This blog is a part of the Organizational Communication Research Center.
#MeToo. In a 24-hour period beginning on October 15, 2017, more than 17,000 victims of sexual assault, harassment and their supporters tweete
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This blog is presented by the IPR Measurement Commission. BledCom, the international public relations research symposium held every year in the beautiful village of Bled in Slovenia, celebrated its silver anniversary this year. From July 5th to 7th, almost 200 academics and practitioners got together to hear about the latest research and discuss the ...
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2018 has certainly refocused the public’s attention to social media regulations, and the role of privacy in the digital age. On July 5, 2018, the European Union Parliament rejected proposed revisions to the E.U.’s copyright law that would have radically changed how copyright will be enforced and controlled online. The proposed
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This blog post is a summary of a paper featured in our latest issue of the PR Journal. The full study can be found here.
Involvement in public diplomacy by the pri
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This summary blog post appears courtesy of the European Communication Monitor. The full study can be here: http://www.communicationmonitor.eu/.
The world’s largest survey in strategic communication, the European Communication Monitor 2018, confirmed fake n
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A guy spots a sign outside of a house that reads “Talking Dog for Sale.”<
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