At the 100th anniversary of public relations a new "media turnover" has occurred: web 2.0 has brought to life the two-way model of public relations and thus a new term, "digital PR", has been introduced in the profession. However, "digital PR" serves merely as a new communication channel for publics that are already known to us from the offline world. The environment in which a certain organization is operating has only been broadened by the world-wide web. In the new universe of communication, which functions by the principle "from the bottom up", members of "traditional" publics get to know each other; they connect, exchange information and views, and actively cooperate with each other. Online communication with our publics, in comparison to the offline one, is much more demanding to manage. Managing public relations online must be a part of the strategic management of an organization so that it can follow its main objective: managing organization's reputation.
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