Week 4 Flashcards
Agenda-building
How the media-agenda is shaped
Agenda-building power
the influence of organizations and individuals on the media agenda
Information subsidies
content that they believe is interesting to the media –> press releases or conferences
Editorial subsidies
- much richer in content than information subsidies
- are not only from the perspective of the organization, they also take in the effort to include quotes by other actors –> ready-to-publish packages
Why do organizations all these efforts to influence the media agenda?
A company’s message presented through the media is more credible than direct corporate communication
Goal professional
acceptance of the frame by stakeholders and journalists
What is PR for a process?
a discursive (based on the conscious use of reasoning rather than on intuition) process in which professionals and journalists construct and negotiate frames about an event or issue related to the company
Aim of Cornelissen et al.?
advice professional on effective communication with journalists as key stakeholders
Technician PR role
PR-professional that is narrowly focusing on the dissemination of information rather than engaging in a sincere/prolific dialogue with the media and other stakeholders
Risks of technical approach
- insufficient reflection upon own framing of the issue and the likelihood of the news media accepting his frame
- a too narrow view of relevant stakeholders
–> consequently, representation of event is not accepted by the stakeholders
Manager PR role
- not just distributing information, representing the organization in a more broader view
- look beyond the press release towards the relationship with the journalist
Tasks manager
- counseling manager of entire organization
- developing CSR programs
- Boundary-spanner with environment: guard all fences –> be aware of everything that the organization is in interaction with
Four metaphors journalism & PR
- tango
- game
- war
- waterfall
Tango
- a dance
- You both need each other, it’s a mutual interdependency
- But one takes the lead
- its more often the PR professional than the journalist takes the lead
Game
- they’re both involved in a game
- there’s professional interaction/there are clear rules
- we should play with fair sportsmen like behavior; mutual respect