Strike Up the Band

2019 ◽  
pp. 155-166
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Stoner
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
News Media ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
New Journalism

Shilts begins work on And the Band Played On for St. Martin’s Press – despite an initial struggle to find a publisher for the work. Shilts tackles the complexity of writing about an ongoing infectious disease pandemic with an unknown ending. Shilts unveils his thesis that AIDS succeeded because of government neglect, gay leaders public relations concerns, and news media reluctance to cover gay-related issues. Shilts employs “new journalism” techniques to tell the story of AIDS including reconstructed dialogue and internal thoughts. Shilts learns of the existence of a gay man infected with HIV still sexually active. Shilts uncovers and misinterprets the first “cluster study” on KS victims in southern California. Initial criticism of Shilts for “Patient Zero” concept raised.

Calm the farm or incite a riot? Animal activists and the news media: A public relations case study in agenda-setting and framing

2021 ◽  
pp. 2046147X2110551
Author(s):  
Deborah K Williams ◽  
Catherine J Archer ◽  
Lauren O’Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
News Media ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Primary Producers ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Study Approach

The ideological differences between animal activists and primary producers are long-standing, existing long before the advent of social media with its widespread communicative capabilities. Primary producers have continued to rely on traditional media channels to promote their products. In contrast, animal activists have increasingly adopted livestreaming on social media platforms and ‘direct action’ protest tactics to garner widespread public and media attention while promoting vegetarianism/veganism, highlighting issues in animal agriculture and disrupting the notion of the ‘happy farm animal’. This paper uses a case study approach to discuss the events that unfolded when direct action animal activists came into conflict with Western Australian farmers and businesses in 2019. The conflict resulted in increased news reporting, front-page coverage from mainstream press, arrests and parliamentary law changes. This case study explores how the activists’ strategic communication activities, which included livestreaming their direct actions and other social media tactics, were portrayed by one major Australian media outlet and the farmers’ interest groups’ reactions to them.

scholarly journals Blurred Shots: Investigating the Information Crisis Around Vaccination in Italy

2020 ◽  
pp. 000276422091024
Author(s):  
Alessandro Lovari ◽  
Valentina Martino ◽  
Nicola Righetti
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Italian Context

This article aims at exploring a case of information crisis in Italy through the lens of vaccination-related topics. Such a controversial issue, dividing public opinion and political agendas, has received diverse information coverage and public policies over time in the Italian context, whose situation appears quite unique compared with other countries because of a strong media spectacularization and politicization of the topic. In particular, approval of the “Lorenzin Decree,” increasing the number of mandatory vaccinations from 4 to 10, generated a nationwide debate that divided public opinion and political parties, triggering a complex informative crisis and fostering the perception of a social emergency on social media. This resulted in negative stress on lay publics and on the public health system. The study adopted an interdisciplinary framework, including political science, public relations, and health communication studies, as well as a mixed-method approach, combining data mining techniques related to news media coverage and social media engagement, with in-depth interviews to key experts, selected among researchers, journalists, and communication managers. The article investigates reasons for the information crisis and identifies possible solutions and interventions to improve the effectiveness of public health communication and mitigate the social consequences of misinformation around vaccination.

News media coverage of U.S. Ebola policies: Implications for communication during future infectious disease threats

2016 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 115-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara Kirk Sell ◽  
Crystal Boddie ◽  
Emma E. McGinty ◽  
Keshia Pollack ◽  
Katherine Clegg Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage

scholarly journals Student Content Analysis of Business News Coverage

10.28945/2544 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine K. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Local Community ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Business Community ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Business News

Content analysis of media coverage provided a setting for group work, critical thinking, research, and data analysis. The analysis was motivated by a series of news stories that had damaged the reputation of the local community. The question was whether local news coverage was negative toward the business community. A business class addressed the problem and found that articles that business would view as favorable predominated. Based on their research, the class formulated a public relations strategy. Although this setting is a business class, content analysis of news media would work in other classes that emphasize critical thinking and problem solving.

scholarly journals Plagiarism and fabulism: Dishonesty in the newsroom

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Alan Samson
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
News Media ◽  
Ethics Codes ◽  
Journalism Ethics ◽  
Print Journalism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Frameworks ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Public Nature ◽  
Cultural Origins

In New Zealand, various journalism ethics codes either specifically condemn news media plagiarism—the passing off by a reporter of another's work or part work as one's own—or demand standards of accuracy and honesty that would preclude its use. Obviously the codes also preclude fabulism—outright story invention. In regard to the two, ascribing blame for plagiarism is the more problematic. This is because the public nature of news and the press's imperative to background and disseminate invariably lead to shades of grey. There is no such ambiguity for fabulism. This article therefore concentrates on plagiarism, discussing fabulism only because the two sins are often confused, especially when some high—profile transgressors have been guilty of both. Because plagiarism's definitional boundaries can be blurred, this paper examines—in the context of print journalism—the complexity of the problem and the difficulties inherent in finding workable solutions. To do this, on the path toward a definitional understanding, if not absolute definition, it considers underlying legal and ethical frameworks, historical and cultural origins, and the temptations and grey areas thrown up by the internet. In response to anecdotal public relations industry concerns it also includes a brief discussion of the rights and wrongs of reproducing press release material in its entirety.

scholarly journals Source Influence on Journalistic Decisions and News Coverage of Climate Change

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
News Media ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Public Relations Practitioners ◽  
News Sources ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Information Demand ◽  
Nature Of Information

Across many parts of the globe the relationship between journalists and news sources has been transformed by digital technologies, increased reliance on public relations practitioners, and the rise of citizen journalism. With fewer gatekeepers, and the growing influence of digital and social media, identifying whose voices are authoritative in making sense of complex climate science proves an increasing challenge. An increasing array of news sources are vying for their particular perspective to be established including scientists, government, industry, environmental NGOs, individual citizens and, more recently, celebrities. The boundaries between audience, consumer and producer are less defined and the distinction between ‘factual’ and ‘opinion-based’ reporting has become more blurred. All these developments suggest the need for a more complex account of the myriad influences on journalistic decisions. More research needs to examine behind-the-scenes relations between sources and journalists, and the efforts of news sources to frame the issues or seek to silence news media attention. Also although we now know a great deal more about marginalized sources and their communication strategies we know relatively little about those of powerful multinational corporate organizations, governments and lobby groups. The shifting media environment and the networked nature of information demand a major rethinking of early media-centric approaches to examining journalist/source relations as applied to climate change. The metaphors of ‘network’ and field’ capture the diverse linkages across different spheres better than the Hierarchy of Influences model.

The Importance of Public Relations and Earned Media

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Simon Hudson ◽  
Louise Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
News Media ◽  
Personal Selling ◽  
Persuasive Messages ◽  
Event Management ◽  
Sales Promotions ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Negative Publicity ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

The field of public relations (PR) is growing. In the U.S. alone, the PR industry is comprised of more than 7,000 companies bringing in estimated annual revenues of $11 billion, and offering a diverse range of services from media relations to event management (Pozin, 2014). There are many types of media available to PR specialists, and these fit into three broad categories: owned, paid, and earned media. Owned media is defined as communication channels that are within the organization’s control, such as websites, blogs, or email; while paid media refers mostly to traditional advertising, discussed in Chapter 6. Earned media, on the other hand, is generated when content receives recognition and a following outside of traditional paid advertising, often from publicity gained through editorial influence. Critically, earned media cannot be bought or owned, it can only be gained organically, hence the term ‘earned’. Since most of this earned media is gained through PR activities, this chapter will mainly focus on PR and its various techniques. PR is broader in scope than publicity, its goal being for an organization to achieve positive relationships with various audiences (publics) in order to manage effectively the organization’s image and reputation. Its publics may be external (customers, news media, the investment community, general public, government bodies) and internal (shareholders, employees). The three most important roles of PR and publicity in tourism and hospitality are maintaining a positive public presence, handling negative publicity, and enhancing the effectiveness of other promotional mix elements (Morrison, 2002). In this third role, PR paves the way for advertising, sales promotions, and personal selling by making customers more receptive to the persuasive messages of these elements. Ultimately, the difference between advertising and public relations is that public relations takes a longer, broader view of the importance of image and reputation as a corporate competitive asset and addresses more target audiences.

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