One of the activities that doctoral students participate in are of course research conferences. I will have the opportunity to be presenting at the University of Tennessee Research Symposium this upcoming Friday. The theme of the symposium is Power and Politics: Communication and Information. I am very excited about presenting Read more…
It appears that Facebook has recognized in its latest crisis that the Internet is a wonderful but very powerful tool to get strategic messages across as well as advocating for a change. Numerous bloggers and others online were outraged about the new term policies that Facebook had on their web Read more…
When we think about the internet, we think about getting information about various topics. For my family, this can range from the historical background of food recipes (Dad) to learning about brain worms for her neuroscience textbook (Mom) to looking online for latest fashions (Kristin) and new Anime art (Karla). Read more…
I have said it numerous times– if you work in Sports PR or Reputation Management, you will always have a job because there always a crisis that is happening. 2009 has definitely started off with a bang with PR Nightmares in sports. From Michael Phelps to Alex Rodriguez to the Read more…
How do Americans REALLY feel about the whole Michael Phelps PR Nightmare? Are they willing to forgive him? What about how he came out and apologized for his actions– did that affect how people are perceiving him? Phelps is not the only high profile sports personality that has been in Read more…