Social media, mainstream media, Britain’s reputation. Why not drop the term COMMUNICATION from our professional lexicon? Being serious in London

As promised in a recent post in which I begged you for some insights, here please find both the full text (The Perception of Country Identity in Social Media.doc) and the power points (Toni Muzi Falconi country reputations v2_revkf.ppt) I will be using Monday February 26 in London…

Is what we do and how we do it more ethically relevant than who we do it for? Of course it is. But is this enough for us to argue in favour of just about any cause? Yes? No?

Here is an interesting debate which both Strumpette and Jack O’Dwyer have kicked off: it is ethical for a public relations professional to represent a seemingly unethical client?

A new blog by our Iranian colleagues. Check it out!

Just received news that our iranian colleagues have an english language blogpost. Check it out. Well worth it! http://iranprblog.blogspot.com/

Who sould pay whom and for what? Questions about a recent commercial pitch on IPRA yahoo conversation group..

IPRA, the International Public Relations Association, amongst the services it offers to its 1000 plus members, has an ongoing Yahoo discussion group. Normally, this is used by members to inquire if peers may suggest names of consultants or agencies on a specific topic or in a specific country…

How does communicating c(s)r programs differ from socially responsible communication?

I have been struggling in these last weeks with a communication problem.
I just cannot seem to clearly explain to my professional peers as well as to my better students, the fundamental and conceptual difference between the practice of communicating corporate(social) responsibility and the need for organizations to ensure that all their communicative behaviours be (socially) [...]

A luddist? Here is all you ever wanted to learn about social media and…. never dared to ask

Early last year, invited by prof. Maria Russell, I visited Syracuse University for a lecture. Following this, as I was having my usual, unrepented, ‘fag’ outside the Newhouse Building…