This is PR 11th Edition Newsom, Turk and Kruckeberg Chapter 2 PR’s Origins and Evolution.

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This is PR 11th Edition Newsom, Turk and Kruckeberg Chapter 2 PR’s Origins and Evolution

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Chapter 2

PR’s Origins and Evolution

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Objectives

• To appreciate that public relations in some form has been a part of societies throughout the history of humankind

• To recognize how public relations practice has influenced how society has evolved throughout history

• To understand the critical importance of public relations in a free and democratic society

• To develop a sensitivity about why public relations evolved, not just in business, but also in government and in a wide range of nongovernmental organizations

• To create a heightened awareness of how public relations has matured as a professional occupation

• To understand how communications technology is changing contemporary practice of public relations

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Origin of PR Term

• Thomas Jefferson combined the words “public” and “relations” in 1807

• Yale graduation speaker used the words in 1882

• Words appeared in print in 1897• Edward Bernays called himself a “public

relations counsel” in 1921

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Influence of Bernays

• First to call himself public relations counsel• Wrote first PR book, “Crystallizing Public

Opinion”• Taught first PR college course at NYU• Specialized in mass psychology: how

opinions of large numbers of people can be influenced effectively

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PR’s Multiple “Founders”

• Bernays• George Creel and the Committee on Public

Information• Ivy Lee

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PR’s Common Thread: persuasion

• Monuments and art of ancient world• Christian and Islamic religious writings• Roman emperors• Shakespeare’s historical plays

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PR’s Uses Throughout History

• Promote wars• Lobby for political causes• Support political parties• Promote religion• Sell products• Raise money• Publicize events and people

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PR Tactics Throughout History

• Use of rhetoric• Use of symbols• Use of mass media• Use of technology

– Internet and intranets

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Five Stages of PR in the USA

• Preliminary– Development of channels of

communication– Development of PR tactics such as

publicity, promotion, press agentry

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Five Stages of PR in the USA (cont.)

• Communicating/initiating– Publicists– Press agents– Promoters– Propagandists

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Five Stages of PR in the USA (cont.)

• Reacting/responding– Writers as spokespeople– PR on behalf of special interests

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Five Stages of PR in the USA (cont.)

• Planning/preventing– Maturing of public relations– Incorporating of PR as management

function

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Five Stages of PR in the USA (cont.)

• Professionalism– Control over use and practice of public

relations on an international level– Development of a Body of Knowledge,

code of ethics, PR education

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PR Historical Highlights in USA

• 1600 – 1799: colonization and American Revolution– Federalist papers (Alexander Hamilton,

James Madison, John Jay)– Bill of Rights

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

• 1800 – 1899: Civil War, Western Expansion, Industrial Revolution– Amos Kendall, first presidential press secretary– PR used in political campaigns, elections– Partisan press to promote antislavery views– PR used to raise funds for war effort– Creations of legends, heroes of movement to

US West

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

– PR/press agentry in entertainment: P.T. Barnum, book publishing

– Use of PR by educational institutions (Yale, Harvard)

– Steam power, linotype, technology advanced PR tactics and techniques

– Shift from “public be damned” to acknowledging obligation to society

– PR used in retailing, industry, service industries

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

• 1900 – 1939: Progressive Era, Muckrakers, WW I, Depression– Ivy Lee’s “Declaration of Principles”– Publicists become spokespersons for

organizations and corporations– Businesses under fire from muckrakers,

government– Media relations as PR specialty

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

– Development of publicity agencies and in-house publicity bureaus

– First press bureau in federal government– George Creel and the Committee on Public

Information– Social science interest in public opinion and

opinion research– Arthur W. Page Principles– Wider use of PR by presidents

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

• 1940 – 1979: planning, preventing and growth of PR as management function– WW II turned PR into full-fledged

profession– First full School of Public Relations

established at BU– Booming post-War economy

strengthened role of PR in business

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

– Beginnings of corporate social responsibility

– PR used in causes such as civil rights, space program, peace movement

– Growth of consumer movement creates niche for PR and highlights disconnect between business and consumers

– New court and SEC rulings have impact on financial, investor PR

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

• 1980 – Present: professionalism, global communication– Reagan presidency illustrates new, more

controlled uses of PR – Large PR firms acquired by advertising

agencies– Mergers occur among large PR and

advertising firms

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

– Development of “full-service” agencies that offer both PR and advertising

– Development of “integrated communication” or “integrated marketing communications” puts greater emphasis on strategic planning in PR

– Globalization of news turned PR global as well

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PR Historical Highlights in USA (cont.)

• Political, cultural developments around the world open new markets, audiences to PR messages

• Technology completes the globalization of communication and PR

• Global markets = global branding = global PR strategies and tactics

• Communication technology, multiculturalism and globalization continue as major influences

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PR Outlook for the Future

• Employment of PR specialists expected to increase faster than the average for all occupations through 2012

• New challenges balancing openness and positive relationships with concerns about safety and security

• Increasingly diverse nation– Growth of minorities– “ Baby Boomers”– Natural disasters

• Increasing use of technology