Dutch public relations practitioners and journalists: Antagonists no more |
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Authors: | Peter Neijens Edith Smit |
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Institution: | 1. The Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Foundation for Fundamental Research on Commercial Communication, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The increasing interdependence of public relations and journalism and the demands they make on each other raise the question how they perceive and evaluate each other. How do they view their roles, methods, relationship, and quality of media reporting on organizations? How do government and business public relations differ in this respect? Our survey of a representative sample of Dutch journalists and public relations practitioners in both government and business (n = 791) showed that while there were differences of opinion between the two professions, these were neither predominantly negative nor fundamental. Our results, therefore, do not confirm the difficult relationship between the press and public relations that was identified in research carried out in the United States between 1970 and 1990. Given the Dutch tradition that the government practitioner be a neutral servant of the public interest rather than a spokesperson for the organization, the general absence of differences between government and business public relations was striking. Our findings indicate that government public relations professionals have adopted the same norms and standards as their colleagues in business organizations. |
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Keywords: | Relationship PR-Journalism Cross perceptions Role perceptions Government PR |
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