Newspaper Editors' Perceptions of Public Relations: How Business, News, and Sports Editors Differ
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Public Relations Research
- Vol. 5 (1), 27-45
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532754xjprr0501_02
Abstract
Central to practicing public relations and the process of creating the media's news agenda is a productive working relationship between journalists and public relations professionals. A deterrent to that relationship, according to research spanning 15 years, is journalists' negative views of public relations. As both professions mature, however, we wonder whether this relationship is changing. Have editors' views grown more positive or more negative? Do editors of different departments view public relations similarly? These questions were among those investigated here. We used a mail survey of 166 business, news, and sports editors at daily newspapers throughout California. Findings confirmed journalists' persistent negative perceptions of practitioners and of public relations-supplied materials. On a more encouraging note, signs surfaced that the media—public relations relationship may be improving. In addition, results pinpointed some significant differences among editors. For instance, sports editors h...Keywords
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