Tag: public relations
When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University
In 1976, beloved chef, cookbook author and television personality Julia Child returned to WGBH-TV’s studios...
How AI is hijacking art history
Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
People tend to rejoice in the disclosure of a secret.
Or, at the very least, media outlets have come...
How religious fervor and anti-regulation zealotry laid the groundwork for America’s...
Conor Heffernan, University of Texas at Austin
Spend any time watching television or scrolling through social media, and you’ll...
A company’s good deeds can make consumers think its products are...
Valerie Good, Michigan State University
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The big idea
Companies like to highlight when they do good...
Why ABC reacted so swiftly to Roseanne’s racist tweet
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University
ABC Entertainment, which produced the revamped version of “Roseanne,” is the latest company to learn the challenge of doing business...
Putin’s flacks: Russia’s stealth public relations war
Sue Curry Jansen, Muhlenberg College
The Russian attempt to influence the 2016 American presidential election, using what intelligence agencies call “active measures,” has dominated U.S....
How companies like United and Wells Fargo can win back consumer...
John Hauser, MIT Sloan School of Management
It’s every CEO’s worst nightmare: For whatever reason, the CEO’s company is engulfed in negative publicity...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
