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5 credits
Public relations (PR) professionals play an important role in promoting a positive image for a wide variety of organizations, such as corporations and schools, and influential individuals, such as celebrities and politicians. In this course, students build on PR proficiencies to apply the principles and concepts of PR, specifically targeting positive publicity of persons, places, and purposes. Students assess the risks and benefits of PR tools to inform and influence the community and assess the use of social media in PR efforts. Through the extensive use of case studies, students also have the opportunity to develop expertise in promoting constructive publicity in PR through analyzing both successes and failures in the real world.