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Introduction to Mass Communication:
Media Literacy and Culture. CHAPTER 11
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Journalism
Undergraduate 1
12/07/2011

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Another name for public relations professionals is
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flacks
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Who was the first presidential press secretary?
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Amos kendall
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A pseudo-event is
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an event staged specifically to attract public attention
Ex. Boston Tea Party and a campaign to thwart the Stamp Act
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What did the Declarations of Principles argue?
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public relations practitioners should be providers of information, not purveyors of publicity
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The first large-scale public relations effort in this country was
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intended to shape public opinion following the nation's entry into World War I
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The books The Hucksters and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit are important because
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they provided readers with a highly negative picture of the public relations industry
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What factor especially influenced the role of public relations in American society?
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growth of the middle class
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Public relations professionals interact with which groups?
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emplyees
stockholders
customers
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What is lobbying?
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directly interacting to influence elected officials or government regulators and agents
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Approximately how many public relations firms are there in the United States?
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7,000
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What is a focus group?
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small groups of a targeted public who are interviewed for research
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Minority relations is an aspect of public relations. It is:
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public affairs activities directed toward specific racial minorities.
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A creative specialist
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is anyone who works in meeting the communication needs of the client.
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The practice of combining public relations, marketing, advertising, and promotion into a seamless campaign is known as
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integrated marketing communication
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Pre-produced reports about a client or its products distributed free of charge to television station news departments are
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video news releases
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foreign agents registration act 1938
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stemmed from Ivy Lee's relations with Nazi Germany, requiring anon who engages in political activities in the US on behalf of a foreign power to register as an agent of that power with the justice department.
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federal regulation of lobbying act 1946
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requiring, among other things, that those who deal with federal employees on behalf of private clients disclose those relationships
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