
Public Relations Writing: The Essentials of Style and Format
Thomas Bivins(Author)
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 16. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-07-351192-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text equips students with the essential skills for developing and writing public relations materials, covering all areas of public relations writing--including news releases, backgrounders, newsletter and magazine articles, brochures, print advertising copy, and broadcast scripts. Recent technological changes are also covered to give students an understanding of how technology impacts the public relations industry. In the constantly changing world of public relations, the text continues to stress the need for public relations professionals to communicate more effectively to all audiences.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-351192-4 (9780073511924)
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PREFACECHAPTER 1: WRITING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONSWHAT IS PUBLIC RELATIONS? WHAT IS PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING?THE TOOLS OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITERTHE PROCESS OF PR WRITINGCHAPTER 2: PLANNING AND RESEARCHDEVELOPING AN ISSUE STATEMENTRESEARCHING THE TOPICINTERNET RESEARCH ANALYZING THE TARGET AUDIENCEAUDIENCE DEFINITION WORKSHEET SETTING OBJECTIVESEVALUATION SECTION BUDGETING SECTION CHAPTER 3: CHOOSING THE RIGHT MESSAGE AND MEDIUMTHE PROCESS OF PERSUASIONELABORATION LIKELIHOOD MODELCHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE MEDIUM OR MEDIAMEDIA ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES BUDGETING FOR AND BUYING MEDIA LEARNING TO ADAPTCHAPTER 4: MEDIA RELATIONS AND PLACEMENT WHAT IS NEWS?WORKING WITH THE MEDIAMEDIA PLACEMENTUSING PRESS KITS COOPERATION IS THE KEYCHAPTER 5: DESIGN, PRINTING, AND DESKTOP PUBLISHING DESIGN: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MIGHT BE GREEK TO YOUDESIGNING PUBLIC RELATIONS MATERIALSPRINCIPLES OF DESIGNWORKING WITH PRINTERSBUDGETING AND SCHEDULING FOR PRINTING A WORD ON DESKTOP PUBLISHINGCHAPTER 6: NEWS RELEASES AND BACKGROUNDERS WHAT IS A NEWS RELEASE?WRITING A NEWS RELEASENEWS RELEASE FORMATPRODUCT NEWS RELEASESWRITING NEWS RELEASES FOR BROADCASTBACKGROUNDERSFACT SHEETSCHAPTER 7: NEWSLETTERS, MAGAZINES, AND FEATURE WRITING NEWSLETTERSBUDGETING AND SCHEDULING FOR NEWSLETTERSMAGAZINESTRADE JOURNALSFEATURE WRITING FOR NEWSLETTERS AND MAGAZINESWRITING THE FEATURE STORYEDITORIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DISPLAY COPYEDITING YOUR ARTICLESEVALUATION CHAPTER 8: BROCHURES AND OTHER INFORMATIONAL PIECES BROCHURESOTHER INFORMATION PIECESCHAPTER 9: ANNUAL & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORTS QUARTERLY AND OTHER FINANCIAL REPORTSANNUAL REPORT AUDIENCESANNUAL REPORT CONTENTSWRITING FOR ANNUAL REPORTSTHE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ANNUAL REPORTPRESENTATIONJUDGING YOUR ANNUAL REPORTSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORTSWRITING FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORTSCHAPTER 10: PRINT ADVERTISING WRITING PRINT ADVERTISEMENTSFORMATTING PRINT ADSCHAPTER 11: TELEVISION AND RADIO REACHING BROADCAST AUDIENCESWRITING FOR TELEVISIONWRITING FOR RADIOCHAPTER 12: SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS TYPES OF SPEECHESMODES OF DELIVERYPREPARATION AND WRITINGDELIVERYHANDLING THE Q & A SESSIONUSING PRESENTATION MATERIALS CHAPTER 13: COMPUTER WRITING AND THE INTERNET WRITING ON A COMPUTERWRITING FOR THE COMPUTER INTRODUCTION TO WEB DELIVERY SYSTEMS HOW A WEB SITE WORKS DESIGNING A WEB SITERESOURCES FOR DEVELOPING A WEB SITETIPS FOR CHOOSING A WEB DESIGNER WEB SITE HOSTINGPUBLICIZING YOUR WEB SITEGUIDELINES FOR WEB SITE CREDIBILITYBUDGETING FOR WEB DEVELOPMENTWEB WRITING FOR MANY INTEREST LEVELSBLOGS AND BLOGGINGWEB CONFERENCING AND SEMINARSCHAPTER 14: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF PR WRITINGCOPYRIGHT AND THE INTERNET SECTION INSERTED HERE