Test 1 Flashcards
Internal Publics
Are inside the organization: supervisors, clerks, managers, stockholders, and the board of directors.
Primary, secondary, and marginal Publics
Can most help or hinder—the organization’s efforts. Secondary publics are less important, and marginal publics are the least important of all. For example, members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, who regulate banks, would be the primary public for a bank awaiting a regulatory ruling, whereas legislators and the gen-eral public would be secondary. On the other hand, to the investing public, interest rate pronouncements of the same Federal Reserve Board are of primary importance.
External Publics
Publics are those not directly connected with the organization: the press, government, educators, customers, suppliers, and the community.
Codify
Understand systems of laws behind issue.
ROI
Return on Investment
Bottomline
Profit, Donation, Volunteers - The overall goal
RPIE
Research, Plane, Implement, evaluate.
Our communications should…
Cut through to society, which is overwhelmed by mass comm, especially social media communications.
We deliver…
Persuasive and actionable items
Action first approach
Get orgs to take good action
-Performance must precede publicity
-Act first and communicate later
-Positive action communicated straightforwardly
Research in PR includes…
Situational analysis: analysis/info and closes the gap of knowledge
To follow RPIE you must…
Take given problem then:
-Research
-Plan Implement
-Evaluate
In PR planning you create…
Goals - where do you need to get to in the future
-identify your audience
-strategic messages
In PR planning after your goals you generate…
Objectives (media)
-Two key elements: measureable and a deadline
-Should have at least one objective for each identified audience
In PR planning after your objectives you create…
Strategies
-Your big idea: event, social media event, etc.
To execute a PR plan you use…
Tactics, which are all the things required to execute your plan
ex.
news releases, social media messages, media interviews. (the smaller details that make everything possible)
PR essentially should…
Persuade people to be in relationships with the organization in support of their bottomline.
PR is rooted in…
Democracy because of its tied to freedom of speech and press
PR practices maximum disclosure and minimum delay…
in support of public’s right to know and mutually beneficial relationships
How old is PR as a profession?
100+
Three main elements of PR today
Relationships, social sciences, digital era
Ivy Ledbetter Lee
Was a journalist who help Rockefeller deal with his company’s crisis.
Evolution of PR has been influenced by…
Growth of big institutions, heightened public awareness, increasing evidence of societal change, globalization, dominance of the internet and growth of social media.
Ancient beginnings of PR include…
Sophists, Romans, Catholic Church