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Journalism
Undergraduate 3
11/11/2011

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Public relations
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the total communication strategy conducted by a person, a government, or an organization attempting to reach and persuade its audiences to adopt a point of view. 

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Press agents
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The earliest type of public relations practitioner, who sought to advance a client’s image through media exposure

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Publicity 
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In public relations, the positive and negative messages that spread controlled and uncontrolled information about a person, a corporation, an issue, or a policy in various media.

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Propaganda
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 in advertising and public relations, a communication strategy that tries to manipulate public opinion to gain support for a special issue, program, or policy, such as a nations war effort.

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Press releases
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In public relations, announcements- written in the style of new reports- that give new information about an individual, a company or an organization and pitch a story idea to the news media
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Video news release
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In public relations, the visual counterparts to press releases; they pitch story ideas to the TV news media by mimicking the style of a broadcast news report.
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Public service announcements
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Reports or announcements, carried free by radio and tv stations, that promote government programs, education projects, voluntary agencies, or social norm
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Pseudo-event 
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in public relations, circumstances or events created solely for the purpose of obtaining coverage in the media. 

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Lobbying
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in government public relations, the process of attempting to influence the voting of lawmakers to support a clients or an organizations best interest. 

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Astroturf lobbying 
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phony grassroots public affairs campaigns engineered by public relations firms; coined by U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas. 

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Flack 
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a derogatory term that journalists use to refer to public relations agents.
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