Action diplomacy, just like action PR
As I was reading the thoughtful article by Carne Ross in Europe’s World on the need to re-think national diplomacy, I was struck by the parallels with discussions of the evolving role of public relations as a profession. For instance, he states, “For some reason, diplomats and governments have believed that somehow the message about [...]
Really “strategic” communications!
In an analysis of the speech John Brennan delivered yesterday about the Obama administration’s anti-terrorism efforts, Steven R. Corman notes that one of the five elements seems to be “stop framing this as a conflict of interests and start framing it as a pursuit of common interests.” In my view, this is exactly the point [...]
Cultural diversities [sic], isn’t it implicit?
As early as my teenage years, I claimed that every family is a kingdom with its own culture and language. It only took the annual debates over which grandmother’s stuffing recipe should be used for the Thanksgiving turkey to convince me. For this reason, I’ve always thought that intercultural relationships have one important, yet terribly [...]
The two-faced god and our cusp catastrophe
Posted by Catherine Arrow on August 29, 2009 · 5 Comments
News that celebutante Kim Kardashian is to produce a ‘reality’ show on public relations sent shivers of dread down my spine this week. More than anything else, it highlighted (for me) the fact that as a profession, we are in the midst of a cusp catastrophe that requires attention from us all.
For several months now [...]
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