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PUBLIC RELATIONS
LECTURE 7:
MEDIA RELATIONS
MEDIA RELATIONS
What is Media Relations?
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Open Channel Communication Publicity and Coverage
An activity intended to build open channels
of communication between an organization
Basically, means obtaining suitable
and the media, as a way of sharing news and
publicity, or news coverage on client’s
features of potential interest to the media
activities or PR practitioners' organization.
audience
(Lattimore et al.,2009)
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Shaping of Public Opinion Images and Reputation
Effective media relations helps
Helps organization in organization to build its images for
shaping public opinion better reputation
PR – MEDIA RELATIONS - PUBLIC 3
Government
/ Regulator
Consumers
MEDIA
Image / ORGANIZATION PUBLIC
Reputation RELATIONS
NGOs
International
institutions
Social
institutions
SOME INTERESTING TERMS IN MEDIA RELATIONS 4
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MEDIA RELEASE / STATEMENT PRESS CONFERENCE
Documents sent out by organization Staged event organized by the PR on
to the media. Press release – hard behalf of the organization. A venue to
news, such as announcement / Soft inform the media and at the same
news – feature / Just a statement. time to address any feedback from the
media.
JARGON
(conventional)
STAGED EVENTS
Press conference & Media briefing.
MEDIA RELEASES
Hard and soft news.
ACCESS OPPORTUNITY
Interview opportunity with key
personnel in the organization.
TOOLS FOR MEDIA RELATIONS (NEW) 6
Pictures of events +
Caption