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- •10) Answer the following questions:
- •11) Can you explain the following?
- •12) Agree or disagree:
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- •13) Try to give the main idea of the text in one sentence.
- •14) Render the following item in English:
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- •5) Match the words which are close in their meaning:
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- •12) Write down one phrase showing the main idea of the text.
- •13) Develop the following points (units 1 and 2):
- •14) Render the following item in English:
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- •1) Find the words in the text which describe or mean the following:
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- •8) Answer the following questions:
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- •9) Can you explain the following:
- •10) Agree or disagree:
- •11) Render the following item in English:
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- •1) Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •2) Find the words in the text which describe or mean the following:
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3. Media gatekeepers give your information credibility and impor
tance by deciding that it is newsworthy.
10) Can you explain the following?
1. Through the miracle of satellite communications, the world is а
global village of shared information.
2. Demographic segmentation and psychographics are now a way of
life in advertising, marketing and public relations.
3. The media, by inference, serve as third party endorsers of your
information.
11) Agree or disagree:
Make sure to use the following expressions:
I fully agree with it I disagree with it
Beyond all doubt There’s smth. in it, but...
I wouldn’t say so Oh, that’s all wrong, I’m afraid
I agree with it on the whole but it
could be said that...
1. On a more specialized level, the media are no longer just mass
communication.
2. The media’s power and influence in а democratic society reside in
their independence from government control.
12) Write down one phrase showing the main idea of the text.
13) Develop the following points (units 1 and 2):
1. The jobs of public relations personnel and journalists are mutually
dependent.
2. The working relationship between public relations and the media
is built on trust, respect, and credibility.
3. А large percentage of the stories in а newspaper originate from
public relations sources.
4. Mass media have the capability of multiplying an organization’s
messages and rеaching millions of people at the same time.
14) Render the following item in English:
Публикуя новости, присылаемые отделом паблик рилейшнз,
средства массовой информации рассчитывают получить взамен
UNIT 3. AREAS OF FRICTION 15
информацию о самой организации или о ее производственной
деятельности. В некоторых случаях это просто текущая инфор
мация, хотя она может иногда оказаться рекламой, выгодной
для организации. Временами, к сожалению, пресса проявляет
интерес к вопросам, которые лучше всего было бы не затраги
вать. Во всех этих случаях желательно максимально помочь ин
тересующейся стороне. Когда предмет ее интереса носит дели
катный характер, журналисты могут согласиться не упорство
вать в своих стремлениях, если им откровенно объяснить
причины. С другой стороны, скрытность, скорее всего, утвер
дит их во мнении, что информация сенсационна, и сделает их
даже еще более настойчивыми в своих поисках.
При передаче информации журналистам необходимо разъяс
нить, могут ли они цитировать ее как официальное заявление и
сделано ли оно частным лицом или же им нужно ссылаться на
представителя организации. С другой стороны, журналисту нуж
но сказать, что он может использовать полученную информа
цию, не ссылаясь на источник, или указать, что она носит стро
го конфиденциальный характер и не должна появляться в пе
чати.
UNIT 3
AREAS OF FRICTION
Text А
The relationship between public relations and the media is based оn
mutual cooperation, trust, and respect. Unfortunately, that is not always the
case. The following are some areas of friction.
Name_Calling
Many jоurnаlists openly disdain public relations people and call them
“flacks”, а derogatory term for press agents. It is somewhat akin to calling
journalists “hacks”. Due to protests from the public relations community,
The Wall Street Journal has now adopted а policy that forbids the use of the
