News tagged with public relations

Americans move dramatically toward acceptance of homosexuality

Although sharply divided, public attitudes toward gays and lesbians are rapidly changing to reflect greater acceptance, with younger generations leading the way, research by NORC at the University of Chicago ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 39

Russia space agency 'bans foreign travel'

They may be working to reach the final frontier, but employees of Russian space agency Roscosmos face going no further than Russia for their holidays.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 8

Who is injured determines who gets the blame

When crises such as the recent Toyota recalls occur, public relations practitioners develop strategies to minimize damage to company images. University of Missouri researchers have found that consumers blame an organization ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Survey finds majority of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors

Sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors, according to research published today in the Public Relations Society of America's (PRSA) scholarly publication, Public Relations Jo ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Chinese government is learning from past mistakes, researcher says

What constitutes effective public relations strategies is an ongoing discussion among professionals in the field, as well as the general public. MU researchers recently studied the effectiveness of public relations strategies ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PR pros are good ethical thinkers, study finds

For years journalists and others have questioned the ethics of public relations practitioners and firms. People in PR, however, appear to be getting a bad rap. That's what a new study funded by the Arthur W. Page Center ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Highlighting racial disparities increases coverage and effectiveness of health news

Effective communication of health news is needed to raise awareness and encourage behavior changes in populations who experience health disparities, or inequalities in health status, according to the U.S. Department of Health ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0