Role and Implication of New Media for Public Relations

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Due to technological advancements, there are more online communication tools available and it is impossible for public relations to rely solely on traditional media. Since public relations practitioners rely on media to circulate their messages, and new media is now one of the avenues where this messages are channeled to, it is important to use new media as a tool in public relations campaigns. Breakenridge (2008) indicates, “It is critical for PR professionals to read, be knowledgeable, and stay extremely well versed about the markets their bands try to reach.” (p. 1) This essay will discuss the roles and functions of new media in public relations campaigns and discuss public relations practices in the prevalence of new media. One of the roles of new media in public relations is to enable efficient and effective communication between public relations practitioners and people they are trying to reach. The most basic function in PR is to communicate, and there are so many new channels opened for communication via new media. As a public relations practioner, constantly building relationships, maintaining existing ones, crafting targeted messages and delivering timely news on behalf of your brand are essential. In order to endorse brands, there is a need to rely on the media, especially with the current technological advancements, increased bandwidth and Web 2.0 platform. (Breakenridge, 2008, p. 13) With new media, there are new tools that are open to PR practitioners for communicating. Some of theese tools include: E-mails, websites, digital/online newsletters, blogs, viral marketing, search engines, live conference calls, RSS and podcasting. (Aronson, Spetner and Ames, 2007, p.

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