Provide an argument as to why it is/or is not beneficial for a non-public relations major to complete an introductory level public relations course.

Provide an argument as to why it is/or is not beneficial for a non-public relations major to complete an introductory level public relations course.

I think that it is VERY beneficial for non-public relations major to take an introductory level public relations course because, from my personal experience, there are a lot of things that are useful for not only public relations majors but Advertising, Marketing and Journalists.  In the intro to public relations class, that I am currently taking, we have discussed news releases and public radio announcements. Not only us this useful l for a public relations practitioner, but it’s useful for a journalist as well.  In class we also talk about target audiences, specific age groups, genders, and cultures. This is again useful for public relation practitioners but it is also useful for marketing and advertising agents too. Marketing and Advertising agents can use the information to better deliver their messages to their audiences. I actually believe that public relation practitioners should be required to take a test to become licensed. I think it would make the requirements for a job more diverse because some people do not even get a degree and still become a public relations practitioner. I just feel it would be more of a challenge if PR practitioners were required to become licensed.  So I firmly believe that non-public relation majors should take an intro level public relations course. I would even say that I believe it should be required.

 

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Blog Post #5-Think about the last five movies/concerts you saw. How did you find out about them? (Poster? Word of mouth? Newspaper/Magazine advertisement? Facebook fan page? Emailed newsletter, etc.) Some individuals dismiss traditional public relations and advertising, but what’s your experience?

Think about the last five movies/concerts you saw. How did you find out about them? (Poster? Word of mouth? Newspaper/Magazine advertisement? Facebook fan page? Emailed newsletter, etc.) Some individuals dismiss traditional public relations and advertising, but what’s your experience?

I think that when people see advertisements and public relation efforts it does not register with them. We are so accustom to those kinds of things that we do not think about the channel in which a message is delivered, we just think about the message itself. I think that the public is more involved in what is being discussed than what form it is being delivered in. I know that before I started taking this class I never really paid attention how a message was being conveyed or delivered.  Now that I know the various methods of advertising and public relations I not only listen to the message, I think about the various methods that are being used to deliver the message.

The last concert I saw was Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour Concert last month. I heard about it from my friends and I also am a member of his fan page on Facebook. There were posters all over town and Georgia Southern Campus too.  I also saw the new Fast Five Movie. I heard about this movie from my little brother. This movie had a lot of previews and advertisements on television too.  Most movies that I have seen lately I have heard about them from various friends and family members. Occasionally I will read the box office reviews for movies to decide what I would like to see. Over all my experience with advertising and public relations is by word of mouth rather than actual print or television advertisements.

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