Key Ideas of Ch. 1

Posted on August 29th, 2009 in Week 2 Posts by mag10

Hello again. I actually have not bought the book yet so I am not going to be giving the key ideas from Ch. 1 yet. After I buy the book I will come back and give the key ideas. I am going to discuss some definitions of PR from other sources. On the website,  http://toughsledding.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/a-sort-of-unified-definition-of-public-relations-without-a-single-mention-of-marketing/, the author, Sledzik (2008) , gives a few definitions of PR from other sources. One source, Public Relations News (1982), says that public relations is more management of how the public views an organization and making sure that what the organization does is acceptable by that public. I agree with this but I also think that public relations is more than just keeping up with public standards. I think that public relations also involves cleaning up the messes that organizations make. Another definition that Sledzik (2008) uses is a definition from PRSA Assembly (1988), which says that PR helps organizations and their public relate to one another. I like this definition better than what I posted in the last post of what I thought PR was. This definition shows PR as more than just image control. It shows that PR is really about making and maintaining relationships between an organization and its public.

Introduction and Definition of PR

Posted on August 29th, 2009 in Week 2 Posts by mag10

Hello everyone! My name is Maggie Scruggs. I am a senior at Clemson and my major is Communications. I hope to graduate in May and, after, return to school as a nursing student. After I finish nursing school I want to be a nurse for a while and then hopefully move into PR for the hospital. I am excited about this class and hope that it will be a good experience and teach me what I need to know about public relations.

            When I think of PR, or public relations, I think of anything that has to do with the image of a company or organization. I think of press conferences, press releases, and getting the client’s name out there so it can be recognized. These types of recognition could be for a company, an organization, or even a single person. So, my definition of PR would be anything that exposes the image and name of an organization or person to the outside people through the media.  

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Posted on August 22nd, 2009 in Week 2 Posts by mag10

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