The Public Religion Research Institute analyzed how Generation Z (Gen Z) brings their values and viewpoints on political, social, and cultural issues into their communities, workplaces, and the greater U.S. political landscape. An online survey of 6,616 U.S. participants aged 13-25 years old was conducted from Aug. 21 – Sept. 15, 2023. Respondents were put into … Continue reading How does Gen Z View Generational Change and Political Leadership?
This blog is based on the original study in the Public Relations Journal. Scholars have argued that social presence strategies could be a gateway to public engagement. Communicators use social presence to reflect genuine and real personalities to build relationships (Mazid, 2020; Men, Tsai, Chen, & Ji, 2018). However, social presence strategies have received limited scholarly attention from … Continue reading Political Campaign Messages on Facebook: A Study of Public Engagement, Social Presence Strategies, and the 2018 U.S. Senate Elections
IPR is featuring some of the many Hispanic pioneers who impacted the field of public relations in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Sergio Bendixen was a pioneer in multilingual opinion polling among Latinos and the first Hispanic person to run a U.S. presidential campaign. Born in Peru, Bendixen immigrated to the United States at age … Continue reading Pioneer Sergio Bendixen (1948-2017)
The study reported on in this article represents an attempt to assess the ethicality of undisclosed ghost blogging. There has been considerable debate on the blogs of public relations practitioners about whether undisclosed ghost blogging is ethical, including a recent survey of practitioners where most respondents expressed approval of undisclosed ghost blogging, provided that the … Continue reading What Do Blog Readers Think? A Survey to Assess Ghost Blogging and Commenting