The Big Jump

This chapter recounts how the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) press office suggested to orchestrate a symbolic jump into the floating pool for the cameras to record. It describes the Floating Pool Lady's many guises, such as an architect's model, as the C500 barge, and as a floating pool in formation. It also explores how the author experienced the Floating Pool Lady in person through her arrival in New York City with storm water from the Atlantic sloshing around in her pool or her trip from Brooklyn piers 2–3 to her summer home between piers 4 and 5. The chapter mentions Lyn Parker, who had decided to introduce the author as the human Floating Pool Lady, making her shed tears of joy as dozens of happy, wet faces turned toward her and said “Thank you!” It points out how the author continued to make visits to the floating pool at odd hours to meet the press and to see her creation in action as it served the public.

A Eureka Year

Chapter 16 opens with Bradbury’s award-winning “The Electric Grandmother” adaptation for NBC’s Project Peacock 1982 special and another adaptation of “All Summer in a Day,” later rebroadcast as part of the PBS Wonderworks series. Bradbury’s summer 1982 return to Washington, D.C. included a lecture at the Library of Congress, time with Senator Robert Packwood on Capitol Hill, and an unscheduled trip to the White House, where he received a tour hosted by the press office and discussed his support for Reagan-era NASA initiatives. His support of the Reagan administration’s policies was selective, focusing on economic policies and long-range space exploration planning.

The new information / communication system of the INGV towards the press as a tool for correct scientific dissemination and against fake news

<p>INGV carries out, among other activities, seismic and volcanic monitoring of the Italian territory.</p><p>One of the main focus of the Institute is to widely disseminate information on research in these subject fields, with the aim of raising public awareness of issues that affect everyone's life.Despite the use of a simplified scientific language, the transmission of this kind of information has often proved difficult even for the specialized public of press operators who, if not experts in the subjects treated by INGV, tend not to consider the information transmitted and, consequently, not to convey it on their press organs.Therefore, in order to improve information for the press and the public, the INGV has developed a constant communication system through the use of social networks. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp represent a reality in which INGV is a constant actor of scientific information in geosciences.Different languages ​​have been developed for the different communication channels: the Twitter limit of 280 characters, for example, forces the use of simple but exhaustive verbal forms for the scientific concepts.In addition to the thematic channels that strictly refer to the subjects of the "Earthquakes", "Volcanoes" and "Environment" Departments, the INGV has developed institutional channels that concern the body's activities as a whole. These channels are managed by the Press Office which, among other things, performs the functions of the Public Relations Office, a real institutional "front office" of Italian public institutions.Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp are the social networks used for the institutional communication and are mainly managed by the Institute's Press Office (with the precision that the Twitter channel refers to the President of the INGV and identifies itself as @ingv_president ).The constant information produced on social networks has created an await for our "news" and a feeling of esteem from the public: this has given rise to a spontaneous "defense curb" towards the sporadic phenomenon of the "haters" and / or of fake scientists who have tried to use the comments tool on the social networks of INGV to get their own visibility. The purpose of the document we want to present is to illustrate how the smart communication flows towards the press and general public, through the constant use of social media, have produced a numerically increased and increasingly positive diffusion of the INGV brand in the press and in user re-posts. This has led to the spread of accredited scientific news in geoscience subjects, in contrast to fake authors and fake news.This type of communication is very useful in the context of particularly sensitive issues (such as in highly seismic or volcanic territories) where false authors easily spread alarmist news.</p>

Organisation matters: towards an organisational sociology of science communication

PurposeThis paper looks at science communication through an organisational lens with the aim of assessing the relevance of different organisational forms for science communication.Design/methodology/approachThe paper explores science communication in different organisational forms. Based on conceptual considerations and by reviewing existing empirical literature, the paper selects and compares three organisational forms of science communication: the editorial office of a daily newspaper, the press office of a university and the Science Media Centre.FindingsThe paper shows the relevance of organisation for science communication by comparing three organisational forms. The first two, the science news desk and the press office, have the character of a sub-system of an organisation, while the third, the Science Media Centre, forms its own organisation. The paper shows how the respective set-up shapes science-media contacts with a focus on the occurrence and resolution of conflicts.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper proposes a conceptual framework for studying science communication through an organisational lens but leaves comparative empirical studies of all types to future research. Yet, it outlines and compares implications of the formal organisation of science communication from a conceptual point of view.Practical implicationsThe findings provide information on the structural impact of different organisational forms on science communication and point to where conflicting expectations, and thus potential conflicts, are most likely to occur in each case. A reflection of structurally conflicting expectations and how they can be overcome in specific situations is of high practical value for all science communication activities.Originality/valueOrganisational theorists have long argued that organisations are the key to understanding society. Despite their undoubted relevance, however, organisations and their influence on science communication have so far been much less analysed – both conceptually and empirically – than its contents, its practices and its impacts on public understanding, public policy, and on science and scientists. The paper contributes to the emerging field with conceptual considerations towards an organisational sociology of science communication.

ASSESSORIA DE IMPRENSA E O RELACIONAMENTO COM OS JORNALISTAS DE TV

Esta pesquisa traz uma breve discussão sobre as expectativas dos assessorados sobre seus assessores no que se refere ao desenvolvimento de suas atividades, a ética e linha editorial de cada empresa, seja ela de assessoria ou das organizações dos jornais. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida abordando as características dos profissionais que desempenham as funções de assessor de imprensa e as de produtores de TV. Além disso, foi feita uma abordagem entre o significado de deadline, releases e como deve ser o relacionamento dos assessores com os profissionais de TV, relacionamento esse aliado às necessidades diárias de divulgação de informações o mais exatas possível. PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Jornalismo; Assessoria de Imprensa; Jornalistas; Empresas jornalísticas. ABSTRACT This research brings a brief discussion about the expectations of the advisors about their advisors with regard to the development of their activities, the ethics and editorial line of each company, be it advisory or the organizations of newspapers. The research was developed addressing the characteristics of the professionals who perform the functions of press officer and those of TV producers. In addition, an approach was taken between the meaning of deadline, releases and how the relationship between advisors and TV professionals should be, a relationship that allied to the daily needs of disclosing information as accurately as possible. KEYWORDS: Journalism; Press office; Journalists; Newspaper companies. RESUMEN Esta investigación trae una breve discusión sobre las expectativas de los asesores sobre sus asesores con respecto al desarrollo de sus actividades, la ética y la línea editorial de cada empresa, ya sea de asesoramiento u organizaciones de periódicos. La investigación se desarrolló abordando las características de los profesionales que desempeñan las funciones de responsable de prensa y las de los productores de televisión. Además, se adoptó un enfoque entre el significado de la fecha límite, los comunicados y cómo debería ser la relación entre asesores y profesionales de la televisión, una relación que se alió a las necesidades diarias de revelar información con la mayor precisión posible. PALABRAS CLAVE: Periodismo; Oficina de prensa; Periodistas Compañías de periódicos.

From the Interview “Eye in the Eye” to the “Eye in the WhatsApp”

This study analyzes how technology and social media have transformed the praxis of press advisory activity and projects within the scope of the Communication of Organizations. To this end, it finds impacts on the functions of the activity facing this new scenario caused by the emergence of social media, updating the required profile of the new press advisor. The study adopts the conceptualization of the functions of the press officer in the organizational communication made by Duarte (2009), analyzing 17 of these functions in this new context. Authors studied the praxis of each function, before and after the advent of social media. They chose these functions because they stand for the dynamics of the Press Office, from the strategic to the operational level. The study found which social media are most used by press officers to publicize actions of their organization.

A importância do LinkedIn nas estratégias de assessoria em turismo: estudo de caso de oito marcas de cruzeiros turísticos

This work aims to understand the role that press office have and relate it with the importance of the social network, LinkedIn in press office tourism strategies. As such, a study case that involves eight brands related to cruises has been developed: Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival Cruises, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, MSC Cruises e Costa Cruises. In this way, we want to understand the impact that communication has on social media, especially on LinkedIn and on his mission. With this study, we conclude that LinkedIn is used as a platform of networking, marketing and public relations of people and companies, and denotes an increasing popularity.

Public Opinion and Press Management

This chapter explores the adoption of a system of press management by the Brandenburg–Manteuffel and Manteuffel Ministries of State in the 1850s. Press management included the institutionalization of a press office, which was responsible for the production of daily reports on the state of the news. It also included the production of official newspapers, circulation of government friendly articles, and granting of subventions to non-oppositional papers. Yet it soon became clear that the office could not shape public debate, as had been hoped. The disappointing results of official press measures in Prussia and other German states meant that governments had increasingly to show themselves willing to open up the workings of the state to greater scrutiny through a circulation of state materials. This would shift the relationship between the state and public sphere, especially after the unification of the German states.

YEVGEN KONOVALETS AND THE MILITARY COUP IN NOVEMBER IN LVIV

Until 16th November 1918, Yе. Konovalets lived in the Bila Tserkva, where he commanded a separate detachment of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and also was the leader of the Western Ukrainian community of Kyiv. On the eve of 7th November, the Striletska rada headed by Yе. Konovalets did not support the request to go to Lviv and help the Ukrainian military to keep the city in street battles with the Poles. Since the battles for Lviv in November have been lost, this fact is superficially estimated by modern historians. The purpose of the study is to reveal events that are indirectly and directly related to Ye. Konovalets and events in Lviv in November 1918. A methodological basis is an integrated approach to the analysis of this problem. In a situation that emerged in November 1918, both in Lviv and in Kyiv, it is obvious that one could not expect another solution from Ye. Konovalets and the Striletska rada. As of 6th November, there were no previous talks or ordinary communication on assistance in the event of the armed approval from Ukrainian authorities in Lviv. At the same time, the Ukrainian delegation arrived in Kyiv was deprived of an understanding of the internal processes that took place in the Ukrainian state. Despite the fact that Ye. Konovalets did not step back from the November events in Lviv, they began to organize volunteers. It is also important that the West Ukrainian community in Kyiv, a few months before the November events in Lviv, through its press office "Nasha Dumka", criticized the distance of the Galician politicians from the independent Ukrainian state. Keywords Ye. Konovalets, Sich Riflemen, O. Nazaruk, ZUNR.

Younan, Ramses (1913–1966)

Born into a middle-class family in Minieh, Egypt, Ramses Younan enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1929. Due to an irreconcilable gap in creative and intellectual affinities between him and his peers and instructors, however, Younan dropped out in 1933 before finishing his diploma. In 1934, after obtaining a teaching certificate from the Syndicate of Higher Education, Younan took a job as an art teacher in a number of public schools in Tantah, Port-Said, and Cairo. In 1935, he joined The Call for Art Group founded by Habib Girji, which advocated the importance of art in the education of children. In 1939, he was one of the co-signatories of the manifesto "Long Live Degenerate Art," which was signed by thirty-seven mostly—but not exclusively—Egyptian artists and intellectuals living in Cairo at the time, who condemned the persecution of artists in Europe by Nazis and Fascists. In 1939, he and Georges Henein co-founded the Art and Liberty Group, comprising a number of intellectuals and artists who aligned themselves primarily with Surrealism. In 1941, Younan quit teaching to devote himself entirely to art and writing, and became the editor-in-chief of the leftist weekly magazine Al-Majalla Al-Jadida [The New Magazine]. He left Egypt for Paris in 1947 and worked in the Arabic Department of the French National Radio until 1956, while continuing to work as a painter and writer. After a brief time spent in the press office of the Egyptian Embassy in Paris, he returned to Cairo where he stayed until his death in 1966.