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Dialogue Project urges business to lead on civil discourse and debate
A research study aims to educate and inspire business leaders to do more to solve the twin societal issues of poor conversation and growing polarisation.
Research project: PR in the time of Covid-19
Dr Alenka Jelen-Sanchez is gathering practitioner stories to record the impact of Covid-19 on the PR industry. Could you help?
Edelman Trust Barometer: Inequality undermines trust, fear eclipses hope
The annual Edelman Trust Barometer 2020 is a grim read. Trust in institutions has reached a new low in the UK. However Ipsos MORI suggests that the issue is far more nuanced.
Public service broadcasting fails to reach young and less educated audiences
Public service media are in crisis. They are struggling to reach younger, less educated audiences. A Reuters' Institute report suggests they risk decline and irrelevance.
Digital exclusion: internet access in the UK has peaked
Thirteen percent of adults in the UK do not use the internet. It’s a figure that remains unchanged since 2014 according to Ofcom.
What's the purpose of public relations?
What’s the role of PR in a world in crisis? This is the question I’ve been asked to address with a panel of practitioners at BledCom this weekend.
10 planning insights from the Ofcom Communication Report 2017
Ofcom’s latest report is packed with data and analysis. It should be part of your marketing, media or public relations planning toolkit.
10 insights for public relations from the 2017 European Communications Monitor
European researchers have spotlighted challenges facing public relations agencies and teams in the eleventh edition of the European Communications Monitor.
10 insights from the Reuters Institute Digital News Report
Fake news, business models and platform disintermediation are all issues raised by a report on the news business.
Mary Meeker on the rise of the internet for marketing and public relations
Internet usage, planning tools, paid and social mashups, human computer interface, and social business are highlights of Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Report.
Public relations in 2017
Here are the areas in marketing, media and public relations that I’m thinking about in my day job at Ketchum. They’re not so much predictions as a work in progress.
13 planning insights from Ofcom's children and parents media report
I’ve read the latest 230 page Ofcom report so that you don’t have to. It reports on children’s media literacy.
8 things we learnt from the 2016 PRCA Digital Report
The PRCA Digital Report is a benchmark for how the public relations business is getting to grips with digital and social forms of communications.
It’s news but not as you’ve known it - Reuters Institute report on digital news
The Reuters Institute Digital Report 2016 reports on the ongoing decline of traditional news media and its uneasy relationship with digital platforms.
Facebook knows more about you than your mother
A free tool from Facebook is useful for helping to characterise audiences or publics and understand demographics and behaviours.
10 insights for public relations from the 2016 European Communications Monitor
European researchers have spotlighted challenges facing public relations agencies and teams in the tenth edition of the European Communications Monitor.
21 public relations planning insights from Ofcom Media Use and Attitudes report
Ofcom’s latest report should be part of your marketing, media or public relations planning armoury.