Posted by Toni Muzi Falconi on May 31, 2008 · 4 Comments
I had learned of the Hunter-Coach incident a few months ago when the always careful and brilliant Jack O’Dywer revealed it on his website, and was shocked by the manipulative way in which
Posted by Frank Ovaitt on May 29, 2008 · 3 Comments
Page Turner, the blog of the Arthur W. Page Society, has published my posting regarding the three kinds of research in our field, and how that relates to the Institute for Public Relations’ Essential Knowledge Project.
Posted by Heather Yaxley on May 16, 2008 · 6 Comments
UK media reports of the inherent unreliability of school exam results have drawn criticism for undermining public confidence in qualifications. Can the same observations be made about the veracity of PR qualifications?
Posted by Toni Muzi Falconi on May 11, 2008 · 2 Comments
Once again most polls conducted for the recent Italian elections were wrong.
Giuseppe De Rita, a highly intelligent and reputed analyst, sentenced: Italians are born liars.
So what else is new?
Helas!
This is but the tip of an iceberg which calls into question, and not only in Italy, a number of ‘truths’ in many traditional activities such as [...]
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Posted by Toni Muzi Falconi on May 4, 2008 · 4 Comments
From an organizational perspective, the ongoing and accelerating process of institutionalization of the public relations function, besides its many positive aspects (for the organization, for public relators as well as for influential publics of both), also implies certain risks which whoever exercises any influence in determining or assisting that very process, should be well [...]
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