/tags/influence/ Recent content in Influence on Keren Wang Hugo en-us Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:35:06 +0000 /teaching/2025/10/teaching-public-relations-industry-practices-and-democratic-implications/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:35:06 +0000 /teaching/2025/10/teaching-public-relations-industry-practices-and-democratic-implications/ <p><b style="color: #99ccff; font-size: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.13333em;">Posted by Keren Wang, FA 2025</b></p> <div class="wrap"><header> <div> </div> <p><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1130" height="332" src="/images/uploads/2025/10/Propaganda-and-Public-Relations-header.gif" width="760"/></p> </header> <section class="stack" id="sec-pr-vs-prop"> <div class="card"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%;"><span style="color: #ccffff;"><!-- Table of Contents Navigation Box --></span><nav aria-label="Lesson sections" class="navbox"> <h3><span style="color: #99ccff;">Table of Content</span></h3> <ol> <li><span style="color: #ccffff;"><a href="#sec-pr-vs-prop" style="color: #ccffff;">Public Relations and Propaganda</a></span></li> <li><span style="color: #ccffff;"><a href="#sec-industry" style="color: #ccffff;">Inside the PR Industry</a></span></li> <li><span style="color: #ccffff;"><a href="#sec-activities" style="color: #ccffff;">Common PR Activities</a></span></li> <li><span style="color: #ccffff;"><a href="#sec-disinfo" style="color: #ccffff;">PR and Disinformation</a></span></li> <li><span style="color: #ccffff;"><a href="#sec-democratize" style="color: #ccffff;">Democratizing PR?</a></span></li> </ol> </nav></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2><span style="color: #99ccff;">1) Public Relations and Propaganda</span></h2> <p>Let’s start today’s discussion with one of the most famous political ads in American history: Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 “Daisy” ad. It’s only about a minute long, but it changed the entire landscape of political persuasion. Go ahead and give it a watch: <span style="color: #ccffff;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDypP1KfOU" rel="noopener" style="color: #ccffff;" target="_blank">LBJ campaign’s “Daisy” ad (1964)</a>.</span></p>