- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
Covers the basic media process; developing media strategy; news room realities; packaging your message; the media as messenger, interview techniques and critiques; and crisis communications. The media is a business like any other. Their product is controversy. By knowing the rules of the game, astute managers can make the media work for them.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Examine how media relations fits in to broader practice of public relations
- Identify who the traditional media and new media are
- Identify the media's approach to what is news and how it originates
- Examine how to effectively work with traditional media and new media to get your story out
- Define what makes stories newsworthy
- Write a media relations plan and a news release for a newsworthy story
- Compare different styles of writing media documents for traditional and new media use
- Examine strategies to connect with traditional media using new media and how to connect with influencers in new media to get your story out
- Examine how to effectively prepare for a media interview
- Examine diverse ways to reach the new and traditional media to get your story out
- Analyze case studies to examine the best practices for crisis communications
Effective as of Fall 2016
Related Programs
Media Relations (MKTG 1019) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
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Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.