Power to the people—health PR people that is! |
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Authors: | Sooyoung Cho Glen T. Cameron |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, USA;2. School of Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA |
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Abstract: | Inspired by the seminal typology of power first suggested by French and Raven, this study identified five types of power (Expert, Information Reward, Information Coercive, Advertising Coercive, and Influence Powers) that health public relations practitioners believed they have in media relations. This study also examined the effect of four variables, such as personal closeness with reporters, openness towards the media, perceived media job performance, and perceived expertise in the health field, on these five types of perceived power. The results suggested that public relations practitioners who highly evaluate themselves as an expert in health and as a competent media communicator, and who are personally close with reporters have greater Expert Power in media relations. Also, when practitioners are personally close to reporters, they are more likely to use Information Reward Power. |
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Keywords: | Power Media relations Public relations Health public relations Personal relationship |
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