There’s an inherent danger in promoting research studies that are not yet peer reviewed. Foremost is that many people, reporters in particular, probably do not fully understand what peer-review technically means. This being the case, Ohio State University recently had to go on the offensive against an avalanche of misinformation reported about a study the [...]
November 21, 2008
Social media geeks pretty much have this topic dialed, nearly too much so, but I’m surprised when I talk with my peers and many are out-of-date not only on where social media is going but what tools are needed to be a participant. I consider public relations as embracing social media to be a given. [...]
June 2, 2008
The problems in the response to Andrew Cohen at CBS At the end of a Sunday, the last thing I expect to find in my inbox is an email labeled “urgent news” from the Public Relations Society of America. The exact subject line: “Urgent News from PRSA: Response to CBS Story Challenging Public Relations.” Oh [...]
June 10, 2009