What is Your Definition of PR? (week 2)

Public Relations, according to the general public:

"A way to relate with the public. Promoting certain activities or a way the media connects with the people."

"Representing a company, being a spokesperson for a company, being able to cover up people's mistakes when something has gone wrong, trying to keep the peace with your customers."

"Talking to people and connecting people to others."


These were "wild guesses" taken from 3 different people when asked, "What is your definition of Public Relations." I was actually pretty impressed with the second answer. She came pretty close to one aspect of PR. "Trying to keep the peace with your customers." Representing a company is not all glamour and pizzaz. It is hard work. It is a huge responsibility to handle situations with dignity and honesty, trying to please customers and keep customers, while protecting your company's image at the same time--even when they are wrong. Hmmm...I wonder if all PR reps are always completely honest, or if there is always some dishonesty in representing their company well.

I've learned that PR is not all publicity. There is alot of behind the scenes work....tasks and duties that NO one ever sees or recognizes. PR is such a vague idea, and for a long time, I thought of it as something very simple.
I'm excited to learn more of what that even looks like, what kind of jobs there are avaiable, and if it's really al that it's cracked up to be. Because up until now (and I'm graduating in May), I still don't have a clear picture of what PR really is, and where I would be an asset in that field.

Wag the Dog

Insteresting intro today to the movie "Wag the Dog."
Though a quite extreme storyline, I was a little more awakened to how journalism and the media controls and sets the agenda for Americans and their political preferences. Sortof makes me wonder....what really IS true that is coming from the mouths and fingers of journalists these days? If we can't trust what the TV news is saying, how can we trust the internet, newspapers, radio....Will we ever know the truth about our political candidates, about our political system, about whether or not the wars and nuclear weapons are as dangerous/safe/non-existent as the media informs us that they are.
Thank God, this is NOT the end. Thank God that the rulers and professionals and presidents and kings of the earth are nothing but mere humans just like us, who make mistakes, who are not all-knowing and all-powerful..who are merely...mortal.
Thank God that though we cannot find truth in the world's eyes, we CAN find ultimate truth from the Creator of the Universe, through the Bible and through the knowledge of the Sovereign God.